Monday on Newsmax TV’s “MidPoint,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) dismissed any talk of government shutdowns and impeachment as a Republican reaction to President Barack Obama using an executive order to grant amnesty to upwards of 5 million illegal immigrants already living inside the United States by calling it “absolute nonsense.”

The Utah Republican said it was actually Obama and his people pushing the idea of shutdowns and impeachment because he thinks he can win the American people over to his side if the Republican Party overreacts.

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