Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go
- Republican Representative Mike Lee faces backlash for posts about the recent shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers, which some legislators find offensive and insensitive.
- Democratic lawmakers in Utah report an increase in constituent support to unseat Lee after his comments following the shootings.
- Senators from both parties criticized Lee's posts, with some calling them 'insensitive' and 'inappropriate,' prompting discussions that led to Lee deleting the posts.
- Calls for accountability from constituents have intensified, with lawmakers emphasizing the grief caused by Lee's statements during an already tragic situation.
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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...

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…
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