Sen. Mike Lee DELETES Posts 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 light of the shootings that killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were gone from the Utah Republican's @BasedMikeLee personal account on the social platform X. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5355192-mike-lee-posts-minnesota-shootings/
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