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'Going to be ready': Dems say Mike Lee's assassination joke 'broke something open in Utah'
In the wake of Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) incendiary social media posts linking the recent Minnesota shootings to “Marxists” ...
Mike Lee silent when questioned about Minnesota shootings post
Swarmed by reporters asking him about controversial social media posts appearing to blame the shooting of two Minnesota state ...
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Sen. Mike Lee deletes social media posts about the Minnesota shootings after facing criticism
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, removed posts on his personal X account about Saturday's fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after he faced fierce backlash from Democrats. Sen. Tina Smith ...
The Salt Lake Tribune2d
Sen. Tina Smith says Mike Lee ‘wasn’t apologetic’ when confronted about his social media posts
She returned to the Senate on Monday to increased security concerns and what she saw as cruel treatment from one of her fellow senators, Mike Lee, R-Utah. Breaking with her typically measured ...
Mike Lee deletes posts about Minnesota lawmaker shootings after blowback
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Tuesday deleted social media posts he made blaming the left for the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state legislator. As of Tuesday afternoon, the posts that seemingly made ...
The Independent4d
The View rips Sen. Mike Lee over Minnesota shooter tweets, says he’d ‘be fired instantly’ anywhere else
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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Mike Lee, prominent Republicans leap to baseless claims about political violence – again
asked right-wing figure Mike Cernovich on X ... attacks were somehow the result of provocateurs or even FBI agents. (Lee himself tweeted about a claim that one rioter was flashing a badge ...
The New York Times5d
Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left
By Annie Karni and Megan Mineiro Scarcely 24 hours after a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota was assassinated in her home, Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, posted a pair of politically charged ...
Voices: Mike Lee awarded me an American flag. Here’s why I’m sending it back.
For all his talk, Lee consistently shows a callous disregard for human life, as he demonstrated this past weekend,” writes ...