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Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox tweets he’d ‘like to punch someone’ over separating immigrants from kids — it goes viral, brings international attention

Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox could not sleep early Wednesday because he was angry about the U.S. government separating children from immigrants trying to cross the border illegally. So he griped about it in a string of emotional tweets.

“Can’t sleep tonight. I know I shouldn’t tweet. But I’m angry. And sad,” Cox posted at 1:24 a.m. “I hate what we’ve become. My wife wants to go & hold babies & read to lonely/scared/sad kids. I want to punch someone. Political tribalism is stupid. It sucks & it’s dangerous. We are all part of the problem.”

Can’t sleep tonight.