Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and others posted unfounded claims on social media about the political affiliation of the gunman arrested in the June 14 fatal shootings of a Democratic Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the wounding of another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife.

Utah, were condemned by other Democrats as well, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.

Mike Lee's inflammatory social media posts about last weekend's deadly political shootings in Minnesota are drawing fresh attention to his years-long MAGA transformation. Why it matters: Once seen as a buttoned-up conservative,

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.

Mike Lee refused to answer questions about his controversial X posts making light of the targeted shooting of lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota. The post WATCH: Mike Lee Goes Stone Cold Silent,

Threats to members of Congress are on the rise, security officials told senators on Tuesday at an emergency briefing in the wake of the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in her home over the weekend.

Police arrested Vance Boelter, 57, late Sunday on suspicion of dressing up like a police officer and fatally shooting state Rep. Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband Mark, 58, early Saturday at their home in Brooklyn Park. He is also accused of shooting Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife on Saturday.