Mike Lee deletes Minnesota shooting posts following Senate backlash

Published June 17, 2025 2:06pm ET



Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) deleted his controversial posts about the Minnesota shooting over the weekend after multiple colleagues confronted him and asked him to delete them.

On Sunday, Lee posted, “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way,” alongside an alleged photo of Vance Boelter wearing the mask police say he used during the shootings. 

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