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Sen. Mike Lee faces backlash

Mike Lee confronted by Minnesota colleagues for posts on political shootings

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday evening after his controversial online posts about the political assassination and attempted murder of Minnesota state lawmakers. Lee downplayed and joked about what authorities say were politically motivated shootings over the weekend by Vance Boelter,

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Sen. Mike Lee faces backlash after controversial posts on assassination of Minnesota lawmaker

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Mike Lee deletes posts about Minnesota lawmaker shootings after blowback

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Tina Smith Confronts Mike Lee Over His Appalling Minnesota Posts

Smith added that Lee “seemed a little surprised to be confronted” and told political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen that she effectively had to chase him down because he had his phone to his ear and wa...

Axios · 19h

Tina Smith confronts Mike Lee over "cruel" response to Minnesota shootings

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Klobuchar condemns Mike Lee’s posts about Minnesota suspect: ‘This isn’t funny’

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WATCH: Mike Lee Goes Stone Cold Silent, Flees from Reporter Pressing Him Over MN Shooting Posts

Mike Lee refused to answer questions about his controversial X posts making light of the targeted shooting of lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota. The post WATCH: Mike Lee Goes Stone Cold Silent,

'Truly Disgusting': GOP Senator Slammed For 'Depraved' Tweets After Shootings

When there’s political violence in western democracies it’s traditionally treated as a somber event for everyone to come together. That’s disappeared. The victims were gunned down just over a day ago and a US Senator is mocking the event and hinting at a deranged conspiracy. https://t.co/EO7pbWI8ng

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Angry Jon Stewart Dishes on Horror Meeting With Mike Lee

Lee has been embroiled in controversy after posting a response to the assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman over the weekend. During his monologue Monday night, Stewart recounted his own experience with the GOP Republican.

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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.

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Mike Lee, prominent Republicans leap to baseless claims about political violence – again

If there was a telling recent moment when it comes to how ugly our political discourse has become, it might well have been the brutal 2022 hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul.