There’s a certain kind of politician who slaps “bipartisan” on their brand like a bumper sticker on a minivan — hoping nobody looks under the hood. Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada has built her entire identity around being “America’s #1 Most Bipartisan Member of Congress.” Sounds lovely. Sounds mature. Sounds like the kind of thing you’d embroider on a throw pillow. And then, at one in the morning on April Fools’ Day, she showed America exactly what bipartisanship looks like behind closed doors.
Lee fired off a response on X to an Associated Press story about President Trump’s planned attendance at Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship — a historic first for a sitting president. Her measured, bridge-building response?
“So fucking fucked up. I’ll pray they fuck him to his face. Sorry, I say fuck a lot these days.”
Classy. Really threading that bipartisan needle there, Susie.
She deleted the post, of course. They always delete the post. But the internet is forever, and screenshots don’t care about your PR strategy.
The Mask Slips — Again
Now look, politicians say dumb things. It’s practically a job requirement. But this wasn’t a hot mic moment or a private text that leaked. She typed it out, read it back, hit post — and only realized it was a problem after the world saw it. That’s not a slip. That’s a window into the soul.
And here’s the thing that makes it extra rich: this is the same woman who, back in 2019, stood at a Las Vegas town hall and told constituents she supported Trump’s impeachment because “democracies live or die by the integrity of their elections.” She wrapped herself in the Constitution like it was a cashmere blanket, saying she “took an oath of office to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Very solemn. Very serious. Very different energy from dropping F-bombs at 1 a.m. about a president attending a court hearing.
A Trail of Ethics Problems That Won’t Quit
But the profanity parade isn’t even the most interesting chapter in the Susie Lee story. Not by a long shot.
Back in 2020, Lee pushed for changes to federal pandemic loan requirements. Two weeks later — what a coincidence — her husband Dan Lee’s company, Full House Resorts, scooped up $5.6 million in PPP loans. She swore she had no influence over the approval, though her own spokesperson admitted she knew about the application. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) filed a complaint, saying her involvement “created doubt about her impartiality.”
Then came 2021, when Business Insider revealed Lee had failed to properly disclose more than 200 stock trades valued between roughly $267,000 and $3.3 million. Planet Fitness. Marriott. Carnival. The portfolio read like a “Buy the Dip During a Pandemic” starter kit. Her office blamed a third-party money manager, naturally. FACT called for an investigation, arguing the STOCK Act must be “strictly enforced to determine if members of Congress are using their positions for self-enrichment.” Breitbart News included Lee among 11 Democrats alleged to have violated the STOCK Act.
By 2022, more late disclosures surfaced — eight more trades worth up to $155,000, reported months past the legal deadline. FACT filed yet another complaint. Their argument was simple and devastating: it doesn’t matter who clicks the “buy” button — the law still requires you to tell the public.
Trump Went to the Supreme Court. Lee Went to Pieces.
Trump’s decision to attend the birthright citizenship hearing was historic. The first sitting president to show up at oral arguments at the nation’s highest court. You’d think a self-proclaimed bipartisan champion would at least acknowledge the significance. Instead, Lee had a meltdown that would embarrass a teenager on a burner account.
Trump didn’t tiptoe around the birthright citizenship fight — he walked straight into the building. That kind of move drives the opposition absolutely sideways, and Lee proved it in real time.
Meanwhile, former Trump ambassador Dr. Jeff Gunter, who’s gunning for Lee’s seat, told Breitbart News that Lee “aided and abetted Joe Biden in flooding our country with illegal aliens” and called her “out of touch” for voting against the Big Beautiful Bill, including its no-tax-on-tips and no-tax-on-overtime provisions.
The Bottom Line
Nevada’s Third District is swing territory, and Lee knows it. That’s why the “bipartisan” brand exists in the first place — it’s armor for a Democrat sitting in a Trump-carried district. But armor only works when you keep it on. One profanity-soaked post at 1 a.m. and years of ethics baggage have a way of reminding voters what’s really underneath the polish. Lee can delete the tweet, but she can’t delete the record. And in 2026, that record is going to follow her straight to the ballot box like a dog chasing a mail truck.