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Mike Lee, prominent Republicans leap to baseless claims about political violence – again
If there was a telling recent moment when it comes to how ugly our political discourse has become, it might well have been ...
Mike Lee’s new identity speaks volumes about MAGA
His social media posts resemble those of a frequent user on right-wing message boards rather than those of a U.S. senator.
Backlash against Mike Lee’s tasteless tweets reminds us that online cruelty has a real-world impact
We’ve heard many dire warnings over the years about where online culture was heading. Do deeply distasteful posts about an ...
Axios on MSN1d
Mike Lee's online MAGA persona under new scrutiny
Mike Lee's inflammatory social media posts about last weekend's deadly political shootings in Minnesota are drawing fresh ...
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Coward Mike Lee Runs Away When Asked About His Assassination “Joke”
The Utah senator has deleted comments made after a far-right gunman killed one Minnesota lawmaker and wounded another. But he ...
Opinion
Too many Republicans embrace conspiracy theories and misinfo after Minnesota shootings
After the murders, Gov. Tim Walz called for "grace and compassion and vision and compromise and decency." Some on the right chose a different course.
How the ‘politically motivated’ shooting of Minnesota lawmakers unleashed right-wing conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theorists and senators alike are baselessly speculating about the brutal shooting spree that left two dead and two ...