Senator Mike Lee removed the controversial Minnesota shooting pole in the middle of the reaction

Senator Mike Lee removed the controversial Minnesota shooting pole in the middle of the reaction

Senator of the Republic of Mike Lee deleted a controversial social media post about the murder of a member of the Minnesota Parliament and her husband after several people criticized the Republic of Utah for her comments.

On Sunday night – the day after an armed man masked disguised when a police officer shot and killed Rep. Democratic State Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark at their home in Minnesota – Lee made the posts refer to the attack and displayed a picture of Vance Boelter, the suspect in the shooting.

The first post was given the title “This is what happened when Marxist did not get their way” and the second said “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” seems to blame the Governor of Minnesota Team Walz for shooting – which the governor is referred to as “Acts of political violence targeted.” The posts were deleted from his account Tuesday afternoon.

During the press conference at Capitol Tuesday, Senator Minnesota Amy Klobuchar said he talked to Lee – but not explicitly said whether he released the post because he asked him.

“Senator Lee and I discussed well, and I am very happy he dropped it,” Klobuchar said about the posts.

Democrats Minnesota refused to provide special details about discussions with Lee.

“I told him what I had said in public – that this was not a little funny for my country. They spent the weekend, many of them, locked in their homes in certain areas, depending on where they thought that the killer left,” Klobuchar said.

Lee, during a short conversation with reporters on Tuesday, also admitted that he had a “fast” conversation with Klobuchar.

Senator Mike Lee participated in the senate judicial committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, May 13, 2025.

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Post Lee triggered a direct reaction from the Democrats who condemned Lee for making it.

“Trying to politicize this tragedy is completely unacceptable. The rhetoric from this elected official is very dangerous and incite more violence,” Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said on the Senate floor on Monday. “That is despicable, and it must be called – on both sides of the hallway – both sides of the alley. Because in free land and brave houses, everyone must feel safe to express their political views – and we must not do it in a way that forgives violence or intimidation.”

Democrat Representative Hillary Scholten criticized Lee’s post during the interview at ABC News Live Tuesday: “Shame, shame to you, Senator. You know better than that.”

“I also hope that my Republican colleagues in the DPR and the Senate will condemn this action,” Scholten said, then added, “We need to gather together, regardless of the party, when this type of violence lifts his head and cursed it in the strongest term possible.”

Former Chairman of RNC Michael Steele told Lee to “Grow the Hell Up” on A Post on x.

A warning is seen on the DFL State Rep table. Melissa Hortman at House Chambers in Minnesota State Capitol, June 16, 2025 at St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Leaving a meeting at Capitol Monday night, Lee ignored questions from reporters about the posts.

ABC News has contacted his office to comment.

The attacks had triggered a quick criticism from the Democrats and Republicans in the Hill Capitol and throughout the country – with many things urged the elected officials to reject hot rhetoric.

Klobuchar has condemned the “terrible attack” and said on Sunday that “this is a very bad environment, and we need to reduce the tone.”

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said, “Such terrible political violence has no place in our society, and every leader must expressly condemn him.”

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