Sen. Mike Lee Backtracks
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Utah, removed posts on his personal X account about Saturday's fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after facing fierce backlash from Democrats about the postings
The Utah Republican tried to link the Minnesota shooter to liberals despite evidence showing the suspect’s conservative views.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) deleted his controversial posts about the Minnesota shooting over the weekend after multiple colleagues confronted him and asked him to delete them. On Sunday, Lee posted, “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way,
Politicians in both parties had criticized remarks by the Utah senator, saying that his political rhetoric made light of tragedy.
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell condemned the staff of GOP Sen. Mike Lee for sticking with him after the Utah lawmaker tried to justify the alleged Minnesota gunman’s attack on Democratic lawmakers. Days after Lee shared two X posts making light of the shooting—one that said alleged shooter Vance Boelter’s killing of state Rep.
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Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) confronts Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) about his inflammatory social media posts following the shootings in Minnesota over the weekend. NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur explains what led up to Sen.
Sen. Lee was confronted by his Senate colleagues, who said they told the Utah senator the posts were offensive.