Utah, removed posts on his personal X account about Saturday's fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after facing fierce backlash from Democrats about the postings

The Utah Republican tried to link the Minnesota shooter to liberals despite evidence showing the suspect’s conservative views.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee is facing criticism over his social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband-- with one Democratic senator calling the posts "reprehensible.

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,

Politicians in both parties had criticized remarks by the Utah senator, saying that his political rhetoric made light of tragedy.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell condemned the staff of GOP Sen. Mike Lee for sticking with him after the Utah lawmaker tried to justify the alleged Minnesota gunman’s attack on Democratic lawmakers. Days after Lee shared two X posts making light of the shooting—one that said alleged shooter Vance Boelter’s killing of state Rep.

Sen. Mike Lee deleted his controversial social media posts on the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker after facing backlash.

Sen. Lee was confronted by his Senate colleagues, who said they told the Utah senator the posts were offensive.

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) confronts Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) about his inflammatory social media posts following the shootings in Minnesota over the weekend. NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur explains what led up to Sen.

"I wanted him to know how much pain that caused me and the other people in my state," Democratic Sen. Tina Smith said, referring to GOP Sen. Mike Lee.