His social media posts resemble those of a frequent user on right-wing message boards rather than those of a U.S. senator.

Over the weekend, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah did something far worse than blurt the wrong words under stress in response to a gutting loss: He responded to a political assassination and ongoing manhunt in the United States of America with intentionally inflammatory and wrong information, and a joke.

Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in their home in what officials are calling a politically-motivated assassination. Republican Senator Mike Lee is facing fierce criticism after baselessly blaming the assassination on the far left.

Available evidence does not support Sen. Mike Lee’s assertion that Boelter was driven by "Marxist" ideology. People who knew Boelter told news outlets he was politically right-leaning.  Law enforcement officials said all the potential targets Boelter had identified were elected officials and Democrats,

Vance Boelter targeted Democrats, leaning politically right, with no Marxist ties as suggested by the evidence.