Republican Sen. Mike Lee is facing criticism over his social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband-- with one Democratic senator calling the posts "reprehensible.

Deluged with criticism over social media posts that spread misinformation in the aftermath of the shootings of two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, Utah Sen. Mike Lee deleted a handful of his online comments — but not all.

State of play: Lee's posts, which baselessly ascribed leftist motives to the attacks on Minnesota Democrats, were only the latest to attract scrutiny of his far-right online profile — especially under his personal @BasedMikeLee account on X.

Sen. Lee was confronted by his Senate colleagues, who said they told the Utah senator the posts were offensive.

Mike Lee (R-Utah) is facing scrutiny over new social media posts tied to the Minnesota suspect in the deadly shootings targeting Democratic lawmakers over the weekend. While the man suspected of killing a lawmaker and wounding another remained on the run,

Minn., joins Morning Joe to discuss the killings of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Sen. Klobuchar also discusses the social media posting about the shooting from Sen. Mike Lee,

Utah Republican Mike Lee has been slammed for accusing the suspected Minnesota 'assassin' of being a 'Marxist' while posting a spooky photo of the masked killer

The original video showed a protester carrying a prop that featured a beheaded person resembling Trump and a banner displaying a guillotine.