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

The View hosts took strong stances against political violence — and called out Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) by name — as they agonized over the targeted shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.

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,

Utah’s senior Senator, Mike Lee took to X over the weekend to comment on the killings of a Minnesota state senator and her husband and the shootings of two other