Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee on Tuesday deleted a series of inflammatory social media posts from over the weekend in which he reacted to the shooting deaths of Minnesota state representatives, prompting a confrontation with the state’s Democratic US senator.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has deleted controversial X posts he made referencing the attacks that were allegedly carried out by Vance Boelter in Minnesota, killing a democratic state senator and injuring another,

Republican Sen. Mike Lee deleted his controversial social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after several people criticized the Utah Republican for his comments.