Original sentence: " In a followup Facebook post, Lee pointed out that he had praised President Trump for his willingness to "threaten the established political order," but admitted that the comparison was "perhaps awkward" and recognized that his "impromptu comments may not have been the best forum for drawing a novel analogy from scripture
Edited sentence: " In a followup Facebook post, Lee pointed out that he had praised President Trump for his willingness to "threaten the established political order" in spite of the "constant ridicule and scorn" to which this has subjected him and his family