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Mike Lee outrages Minnesota politicians with social media jabs about lawmaker’s murder
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is facing criticism from a number of Minnesota politicians after appearing to make a joke about the suspect accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, claiming it was the result of “Marxism.” That outcry includes the chairman of the state’s Democratic Party, who called Lee “one of the most dishonorable senators in American history;” Minnesota Democrat Sens. Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, who said the joke was inappropriate and “fuels this hatred and misinformation;”; Minnesota Rep. Kelly Morrison, also a Democrat, who said Lee’s ...