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.

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

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is in hot water over making light of this past weekend’s political violence via social media posts.

If there was a telling recent moment when it comes to how ugly our political discourse has become, it might well have been the brutal 2022 hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul.