A Republican senator had the best response to the question of whether he'd support Donald Trump

Sen. Mike Lee (R- Utah) found himself at a loss for words when he was asked at a Thursday Politico event whether he would support Donald Trump for president.

Lee starts to answer the question of whether he could get behind Trump, only to stutter into utter speechlessness. "Speechless senator," Lee quipped after the stumble, "it happens once in a while."

The Utah senator didn't just stay mum on his support for Trump, though. He declined to endorse any one Republican in the 2016 presidential race. After mentioning that "one of the weirdest things that can ever happen to a guy is to have three of his favorite coworkers all running for president at the same time," he decided he wasn't even going to try to get into the subject of an endorsement. "Mostly because of the awkwardness of doing this," he said. "I mean, we work with these people, they're good friends of mine, and I think that process is going to play itself out."

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