Sen. Mike Lee finally deleted some of his 'jokes' about the assassination

(As background, I wrote: What the Political Assassin in Minnesota Believes: He was influenced by the New Apostolic Reformation. June 17, 2025.)

A Republican Senator has been essentially cheering on the assassination. He waited three days to delete some (not all) of his posts.

"Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) directly confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Monday over a series of disturbing social media posts he shared in response to the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their partners.

After a gunman killed state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark Hortman, and severely wounded state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette Hoffman, Lee wrote a post on X (formerly Twitter) baselessly claiming that “this is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way.” He then followed that post with a joke about the situation and an apparent reference to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)."

— Li Zhou, Sen. Tina Smith Confronts Sen. Mike Lee Over His Appalling Minnesota Posts: Lee has faced immense backlash for social media posts making light of the attacks on two Minnesota lawmakers. HuffPost, Jun 17, 2025