Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go
- Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings upset many senators, particularly those who knew the victims.
- Senator Kevin Cramer described Lee’s posts as 'insensitive, to say the least, inappropriate, for sure,' and 'not even true.'
- Republican state Representative Nolan West stated his respect for Lee had been 'rescinded' due to the posts.
- Senator Ben Ray Luján expressed relief that Lee took down his comments, stating it was 'the right thing to do.
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'No decency': GOP senator can't escape rage over his response to shootings
Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith confronted Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee on Monday over his disgusting tweets. Lee’s tweets spread disinformation and trivialized the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband, as well as the...
Mike Lee has become one of the most prolific senators on social media in recent years, posting thousands of politically charged posts, often late at night. Fellow senators have grown accustomed to the…

After a senator's posts about the Minnesota shootings, his incensed colleagues refused to let it go
Sen. Mike Lee posts thousands of times, often late at night, about politics. Colleagues have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican’s online persona, mostly brushing it off.
Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go.
WASHINGTON — Mike Lee has in recent years become one of the Senate’s most prolific social media posters, his presence seen in thousands of posts, often late at night, about politics. Fellow senators have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican’s pugnacious online persona, mostly brushing it off in the name of collegiality. That is, until this past week. His posts, after the June 14 fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, incensed…
Sen Smith Destroys Trumpy Mike Lee Over His SICK Tweets
Republican Senator Mike Lee’s response to a literal political assassination--tweeting out jokes to seem cool or funny or whatever that weird incel-like sicko had on his "mind—so perfectly encapsulates the modern GOP’s descent into sociopathic rot and a lower circle of hell. These are serious times, and they aren’t serious people anymore, who only seem to be able to exacerbate the divisions and pain in our society. Even a political assassination,…
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