Sen. Mike Lee posts thousands of times, often late at night, about politics. Colleagues have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican’s online persona, mostly brushing it off.

That is, until this past week. His posts, after the June 14 fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, incensed Lee's colleagues, particularly senators who were friends with the victims.

Gov. Spencer Cox denounced X posts made by Utah’s GOP U.S. Sen. Mike Lee last month that seemed to mock the assassination of ...

Mike Lee’s posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go. His posts, after the June 14 fatal shooting of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, incensed ...

That is, until this past week. His posts, after the June 14 fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, incensed Lee’s colleagues, particularly senators who were friends with the ...

That is, until this past week. His posts, after the June 14 fatal shooting of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, incensed Lee’s colleagues, particularly senators who were friends with the ...