Sen. Mike Lee was silent as he peered into a cage stuffed so full that it was impossible for the men inside to lie down.
“Forty-four days,” they shouted at Lee and Vice President Mike Pence, meaning how long they had gone without a shower. The stench was so strong the guards wore face masks.
Two weeks later, Lee has yet to speak publicly about it. He put out a statement a week after, but it offered no solutions.
The daily reports of cruelty at the border — punctuated by the occasional death of a child or sick adult — are the surest sign yet of America leaving its soul behind.