Calls are growing for Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) to resign following the very insensitive social media post he put up right after news broke out that someone had assassinated a state lawmaker in Minnesota.
Instead of waiting on further news from Minnesota about the motive of the shooter, Senator Lee took to X, and without evidence, claimed Marxism made the shooter commit the heinous crime.
News reports have since established that the shooter is a registered Republican, and a huge supporter of President Trump—totally contradicting Sen Lee’s attempt to depict him as some far left lunatic.
Beyond just being totally wrong on the facts surrounding the motive, people are also very upset with Senator Lee for his total lack of humanity regarding the issue—jumping right into politicizing the incident with zero regard whatsoever about the grieving family.
It will be interesting to see whether Senator Lee survives calls for his resignation. Notably, he has since taken down (deleted) his insensitive social media posts regarding the incident. He’s also taking a lot of incoming from the media in his home state Utah. Will that prove be enough pressure to force him to step aside? Hmm, only time will tell.