A tweet from Ben & Jerry's on Independence Day raised the ire of a number of conservatives, including Utah's Sen. Mike Lee, who said in a string of tweets that he was swearing off eating the company's ice cream.
The tweet raised the ire of a number of conservatives, including Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who said in a"You just guaranteed that I will never again consume a single pint of it," he said.
"When you suggest 'returning' the land on which our country has been built for centuries, what exactly do you imagine? Expungement of property rights? Repatriation of most Americans to Europe?" he asked.
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