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Sen. Mike Lee deletes controversial Minnesota shootings posts amid backlash

Republican Sen. Mike Lee deleted his controversial social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after several people criticized the Utah Republican for his comments.

PolitiFact · 1d

Sen. Mike Lee’s evidence-free conspiracy theory that the MN shooter was a ‘Marxist’ is Pants on Fire

Available evidence does not support Sen. Mike Lee’s assertion that Boelter was driven by "Marxist" ideology. People who knew Boelter told news outlets he was politically right-leaning. Law enforcement officials said all the potential targets Boelter had identified were elected officials and Democrats,

Minneapolis Star Tribune on MSN · 1d

Sen. Mike Lee deletes posts about shootings after Minnesota lawmakers in both parties push back

After pushback from Minnesota lawmakers, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah deleted two posts on social media that were criticized as insensitive following a weekend shooting that killed one state legislator and injured another.

1don MSNOpinion

Mike Lee’s new identity speaks volumes about MAGA

His social media posts resemble those of a frequent user on right-wing message boards rather than those of a U.S. senator.

The Salt Lake Tribune1y

Sen. Mike Lee walks back conspiracy theory about January 6 riot

Mike Lee is quietly backing away from his embrace of a debunked conspiracy theory that federal ... Lee pounced on false claims that federal agents were responsible for the violence.

2don MSN

How the ‘politically motivated’ shooting of Minnesota lawmakers unleashed right-wing conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theorists and senators alike are baselessly speculating about the brutal shooting spree that left two dead and two ...

MSNBC1y

GOP’s Mike Lee hedges on one of his weirder conspiracy theories

Lee, however, apparently didn’t care. A couple of days after Lee amplified false Covid-related claims ... conspiracy theory that one of the Jan. 6 videos released at the order of House Speaker ...

The Salt Lake Tribune3y

Sen. Mike Lee embraces baseless claims about election fraud in the 2020 election

Mike Lee got on board with the “Big Lie” that false claims of election fraud may ... tacit endorsement to the movie “2000 Mules,” a conspiracy-fueled film by conservative pundit Dinesh ...

Salon1y

"Blatant disinformation": Mike Lee gets slapped down for pushing Jan. 6 conspiracy theory

Mike Lee, R-Utah, peddled a baseless conspiracy theory that federal agents ... Politico's Kyle Cheney promptly called out the claims as "another example [of] disinfo from the tapes" and ...

NBC News1y

Sen. Mike Lee promotes a debunked conspiracy theory about a Jan. 6 rioter

Mike Lee of Utah, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, promoted on his personal X account a conspiracy theory ... also posted false claims about Lyons but deleted the allegation after ...

Hosted on MSN11mon

Mike Lee spreads fake claim of Biden medical emergency on Air Force One

Mike Lee used his personal X/Twitter ... before sharing it with his 224,000 followers. The claim started with far-right activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who posted without ...

The Salt Lake Tribune1y

Utah Sen. Mike Lee shares Infowars misinformation about COVID response on X

Mike Lee spent the weekend amplifying unfounded allegations by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ... do not provide any evidence to back up those claims, which appear to be driven by news of ...

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