They are desperate to deny the truth: it’s one of their own.

Consider the source...

Fuck Mike Lee - he and those who support the pardoning of J6ers fomented the violence we see now. Just disgusting

This looks like an old person mask, one you can get at a halloween store.

Typical Mike Lee. What a disgrace of a human!

He’s hardly a leader.

Mike Lee has some 'splainin to do. This is a horrible response for any murder,from any party, idealogy, or beliefs. We do not know complete picture.

#utah you deserve better than Senator Mike Lee

His latest post. He's so stupid he's blaming Mike Waltz. He meant to blame Governor Walz. But he's so stupid he really could be trying to blame Waltz. MAGA bastard.

Not hard to believe from a GOP MAGAt!

Seems much more like something a Proud Boy would do.

NONE

This one is worse.

he even pinned it

not hard when it’s mike lee or any gop for that matter.

Not hard to believe actually with these assholes

Is this guy wearing a mask? I’m just saying he looks nothing like this guy below here, who also has hair?!🧐

I'm pretty sure it's a mask - you can see the seem around his neck and the eyeholes.

seam - I really wish Bluesky would have an edit button 😉

Same here.

Not hard to believe at all. Mike Lee’s an asshole of the highest order.

It's not hard to believe anymore, they've been showing us who they are for years now.

Performing for an audience of one (an orange audience).

No surprise. He's a Republican.

Unfortunately, it isn’t at all hard to believe these days.

It’s not hard to believe. That’s why this guy committed this crime.

I remember the good old days when Steve King was the most despicable member of Congress. Now there’s a whole basket full of them.

It's really not, unfortunately

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With lies. He is rationalizing it with lies.

He really is depraved, as a Mormon from Utah, no less.

And it tells you a lot about the Mormons who elected him. Low tier unAmerican pieces of shit.

Mike Lee is a soulless asshole.

Well, when you consider it's Mike Lee...it's not surprising...

Boelter is a Republican. He served on a bipartisan advisory board. He was not a Democrat, nor did he know Gov Walz. It appears at this time, although it could change with further investigation, that Boelter’s issue was abortion.

Donnie and his Ghoulliannis, pathologically sociopathic. Your oppression is their profession.

Mike Lee is a complete psychopath

Does he not realize that two innocent people were killed and two other innocent people were shot by some wing nut Republican son of a bitch?

It’s normal for Mike Lee.

Voters are waking up in every state and seeing these elected officials for who they are. They will throw out the trash.

Utah. We’re begging. There has got to be a better option yall can vote for.

We are heavily gerrymandered. As evidenced by our recent protests, SLC is very blue and it is, by far the most populated. However, the crooked GOP ties it to more rural areas thus ensuring his continued wins. He sickens us. Truly.

His seat is a state wide election. Maybe next time it’ll flip. Fingers crossed.

'Conservatives' don't see Marxist as a specific group. It's just anyone 'bad'. Marxist are bad, so all bad people are Marxists.

Wow. You seldom see such a perfect combination of asshole, idiot and liar. And the people of Utah will still send him back to the Senate.

Of course Mike Lee can sit in his ivory tower and encourage violence, while the idiots listening to him will end up In jail

The sad part is that these types of attacks occur because of people like Mike Lee who not only condones them but encourages them. Plus pardoning all the Jan 6 convicts. It all messages ahead and attack.

Text messages obtained by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol show Lee was involved in exploring ways to overturn the election results in the weeks leading up to Jan 6th. He worked on efforts to keep Trump in power, exploring legally questionable schemes.

This is incredibly bad, even by Mike Lee standards

It’s like he and Ted Cruz are in a horse race.

But they can’t beat their dear leader! (Even JD is making an effort.)

Oh my god that's disgusting. Every day I ask, what the hell was going through Trump voters mind to vote this miserable person?

Mormons really want Mike Lee to represent them?

They have sold their souls and can no longer know what diplomacy, compassion, empathy or critical thinking even is or how to behave

It’s Mike Lee, the biggest ugly Cunt in the United States Senate. Someone who was born deserving of what happened in Minnesota than the actual victims. Are we really surprised?

Is it hard to believe?

I know it's an exercise in futility at this point but imagine if a Democratic Senator had done this

You’re right. That’s so 1998.

We have to start believing. The Republican Party is now the world's biggest hate and terrorist group. It's not a one off or just a few extremists. It's the main meal. And their supporters are all in.

Mike Lee has never been anything BUT an asshole.

He’s not a leader. He’s a cult follower.

Hey, it’s Mike Lee. Born an asshole.

No, not if it’s a MAGA asshole.

Institutionalized racism hate and promoting violence

What can you say about magic 🎩 underwear wearing Mormons who are actively trying to hasten the 2nd coming of their white Hey-Zeus? All the white jesus freaks, catholics, Mormons, snake 🐍 handlers, & strichnine drinkers are cut from the same cloth, just like the Leonard Leo Six Koch whores of SCOTUS.

Well, he told seniors he was going to dismantle Social Security and Medicare so…

Welcome to the Era of No Consequences

He should be removed from office and charged with promoting violence

GOP is the party that refused to hold loser accountable for insurrection; voted no on impeachment; Okeyed pardons for insurrection; yet never calls 47 out on threats, false information & endangers judges, politicians.

And blame Democrats for their "violent rhetoric" while completely ignoring that 99.9% of the time it's a person with Republican views committing the violence, and it's always Democrats saying the violence needs to end, no matter the target.

Has GOP POTUS had to speak at a funeral for one of their own? Remember Rep.Scalice being shot, but it seems to always be Democratic targets. Clinton had to give eulogy @Edward R Murrow bombing; Obama @SC Black Church & @CT Elementary School...

Yes, and whenever something happens to a Democratic target, they immediately cite the Steve Scalise shooting in 2017 to say, "violence on both sides!" But the ratio of violence is lop-sided, and much of the right-wing violence links to far-right communities that nurture and grow these nuts.

Yup, it's a prime example of "working as intended". Those places are perfectly fine with building someone into a powderkeg and then setting them off on someone they deem to be a sinner/evil/etc

its not lopsided like a seesaw, its like 99-to-1

Therein lies the problem. MAGAs were calling No Kings protesters agitators, troublemakers and such, while Proud Boys were publicly holding press conferences suggesting protesters should be shot. Not a single Republican condemned their call to violence.

Quite the opposite, sitting Senators are posting encouragement and jokes about it. I'm not sure if people realize just how royally fucked up that is, but the outrage about it should be enough to cause riots outside that dirtbags house and office 24/7 until he's forced to resign and go into hiding

Mike Lee has a long history of being a giant piece of shit, so it shouldn't be a surprise that he worked his way up to supporting murder. I'm pretty sure that he also wrote a book where he described his opposition to the FDIC, so he's a fucking moron anyway.

Were accountability still a thing he’d be facing consequences. His post could be viewed as incitement.

Damn, bro.

What does lying have to do with rationalization?

Bernie Moreno of Ohio is doing the same thing.

Starting to think MAGA politicians love having murderers on their side, just so long as they can convince their followers not to ask too many questions.

Mike Lee making Utah proud. 🤡

Unfortunately, it’s not hard to believe anymore. We have some very sick individuals amongst us 😞

There is no bottom for MAGA

These are the folks who make our laws and have the power to impeach the president.

Mike Lee is a puppet dancing for Donnie 2 dolls. What an absolute freak.

somebody ask mike lee to define marxism

The MARXIST are the MAGA CULT PARTY! The leader of the MAGA'S is a dictator and MARXIST COMMUNIST!

Sarcasm, right?

That's so twisted. Not even 'this is what Marxists do blah blahblah'. He's saying violence is inevitable at this point, 'this is what happens,' we're at war.

Censure Mike Lee.

That's a disgusting spin of information...

In AA it’s known as enabling but it applies to a range of dysfunctions. Turn the abuser into a victim by making up excuses for inexcusable behaviors. They’re spared consequences for the harm they cause, and everyone goes back to ignoring the elephant in the room.

It's like being the worst human scum among Republicans is an Olympic sport. Does this shitgibbon deserve gold? What say ye?

He is more than an a-hole…..he is down right scary…….he needs to be monitored

I'm reading this more as an invitation by Mike Lee to MAGA extremists, who view Democrats as "Marxists," to murder them. Vance Boelter is a Christian Nationalist who voted for FELON Trump - just like Mike Lee. bsky.app/profile/matt... #Utah voters should be demanding Mike Lee resign TODAY! He's evil

Mike Lee is a vile human.

He can't help it, David. News travels slow in an information backwater like Utah.

Someone here on bluesky was insisting assassin was a Democrat on a thread trying to create general nastiness. I blocked him but he had no posts on his page so I'm thinking the bots got to work early that day.

Yeah I’m definitely seeing some botness on the feeds.

Guy is an Asshat

Marxist assassinating Marxist politicians. Never heard of that until now. Logic is irrelevant to these clowns, it’s he who shouts the loudest wins the day

Dems, you need to go after this SOB with everything you have. THIS WILL NOT STAND. It's this sort of ultra-cavalier behavior that drives this fanaticism. Shut this horseshit down NOW!

Especially when the murderer resembles him more than those he is trying to smear.

Wait, really. Now I find it hard to believe that he wouldn’t be. He is who he is and may always have been. Once permission from hater in chief was granted, he was free to be his awful true self. How “Christian” of him.

These murderers are so brazen because they know Trump will pardon them. TLDR: We’re being hunted.

With respect, murder is generally a state issue. Presidents can't pardon state convictions. 🕊🌿💗

The community notes on these posts are the best.

How is that hard to believe? Republicans are pure evil and the only difference between now and a decade goes that they no longer pretend to be anything else. A political leader being an asshole and rationalizing senseless murder is the tamest and least horrifying thing to happen in years.

It's Mike Lee. Ignore.

Sadly nothing is hard to believe. The level of their depravity is bottomless.

Will anyone in the Republican Party comment on this or will they ignore like they’re ignoring the pedophile Congressman in South Carolina? @stevescalise.bsky.social @chiproy.bsky.social @tomcotton105.bsky.social @marjorietaylorg.bsky.social @thomtillis.bsky.social @gov-rondesantis.bsky.social

Are you opening a betting line on this? I could make BANK on it.

Republican leaders should be embarrassed and ashamed that he’s acting as though their deaths are no big deal. 😡 @chiproy.bsky.social @stevescalise.bsky.social @lindseygrahamsc.bsky.social @thomtillis.bsky.social @tomcotton105.bsky.social @karolineleavitt.bsky.social @utahgop.bsky.social @wsj.com

He rationalizes his own murder here without realizing it. Republican office holders need to figure out that once political violence is condoned, they will be next.

Fascists normalize ideologically motivated violence against their perceived enemies. The real question is how does Congress rationalize having Mike Lee as a member?

Why do Mormons continue to elect this utter asshole.

When Lee strokes out the world will instantly be just a little better place.

you are being sarcastic here, right? If not, delete this post.

That’s a pro-life MAGA for you.

Mike Lee is a piece of shit. Just a trash human.

Lee's post is unspeakably heinous. What an incredible sh*tbag.

It's Mike Lee, so not so hard to believe.

Americans don't have leaders.

Consider the source. Why give up a career in the Senate when you can dogwhistle yourself into a nice mansion overseas someday?

You’ve never met a Republican, I guess.

Well, when you consider he’s a zealous Trump supporter, it’s not hard to believe at all.

Correction: substitute “maga” for marxists. Now that’s better!

It’s hard to believe that any human would say anything as idiotic as that. But the more you hear from republicans, the easier it is to believe.

Mormons overwhelmingly vote to send him back every election.

I’d have a hard time, not choking the shit out of Mike Lee next time Congress convened.

shocked you're shocked

I mean never mind the fact the Democratic Party isn't Marxist. 🙄

Utah Republican Mike Lee hates women and wants women to be “servants.” Vote 🗳️ for Freedom, vote 🗳️ for Democrats 💙✅

He is a disgrace. Even more so when you factor in his background, education, and official religious beliefs. He's from the Udall political dynasty in the southwest. Second cousin to Mark Udall. So RFK, Jr. is not the only complete embarrassment from a political family.

There is no point in trying to get republicans to act with responsibility toward democratic values or any dignity. They have made it clear how much they hate us and want to destroy our way of life.

Irresponsible, of course.

Hear him out. I mean, there's copious evidence Boelter was MAGA. So Lee couldn't be trying to make it seem Boelter is a marxist, that would be a lie! Lee just said assassinations happen when Marxists don't get their way. So he obviously means they wouldn't happen if Marxists got their way. Right?

And we have a tar and feather along with a body slam of a Senator to boot. Republicans sure had a great weekend displaying their Mormon and Christian values.

There is nothing Christian or Mormon about the GQP

It's not hard to believe. Republicans are pieces of shit.

More like “irrationalize.” He’s pretending the killer belongs to “the opposition” so he can tar his political opponents with the murders. It’s reflexive propaganda.

Yes, that is the way I was reading it. Wondering if i was not getting something but didn't want to ask in case I admitted being just plain dense ;)

Lee has been, is now, and always will be an asshole and a gigantic moron, just like his rethuglican bossman. Fie on him!

His constituents should ensure he is not reelected, but Utah...

Yes, his continued reelection is proof that people in Utah are deep down just as savage as him and totally retarded. And that fits with the extreme religion that is practiced there.

No Kings had an excellent and peaceful turnout in Utah. Yes we're repelled and disgusted by Mike Lee but let's leave the broad brushes to the far-right loonies. Blue Utah might be a minority but it's there and we should recognize and support it. 🕊🌿💗

It’s kind of hard to when those idiot savages overpower you. I hate the people I live around in Ohio and attack them just as viciously because they deserve it.

Lol You're being sarcastic, right? This is who the GOP have always been, so it isn't hard to believe whatsoever.

Mike Lee proves yet again that he is a contemptible pile of rancid shit.

I would take this as an implied threat.

Mike Lee is what happens when someone loses their frickin mind.

Identifying him as any kind of a Christian is total hypocrisy. The rest of us who are Christian’s need to fight back on this label. Christ did not hate, Christ did not murder, Christ opened his heart to all. I am Christian as best as I can be, this man is a murderer full stop

You know, a lot of trouble and strife could be avoided if assholes would just THINK BEFORE POSTING! I mean, ok, it's Mike Lee and we should always consider the source, but seriously, Marxists shooting Democratic pols and their spouses? Marxists? Did he mean "fascists" and just spelled it wrong?

Mike Lee is a disappointment as a human.

His species has yet to be confirmed

“The face of evil. After relentless and determined police work, the killer is now in custody. Thanks to the dedication of multiple agencies working together along with support from the community, justice is one step closer.” From the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

This man has no business in elected office

That warrants a censure.

it is not at all shocking that Mike Lee is ‘such an asshole’

Um. He‘s from Utah? Does that help?

I’m trying not to paint all Utes with his G-d awful brush

Not my wish either. Not all are or could be that way. But somehow he keeps getting reelected. And most other Utah federal & statewide officials are similar to Lee.

I’ve reached the point where the excuse, “I’m not a Nazi or a racist. I just keep voting for them,” simply doesn’t work for me.

I totally agree. And, btw, if someone has to tell you “I am not a (fill in the blank here)…” methinks they are indeed what they claim they’re not!

Utah is gerrymandered. Mike Lee is direct beneficiary of this.

Although it’s very challenging to gerrymander for statewide elections.

The entire republican party and its voters are enemies of democracy.

No, its not hard to believe-consider the source

Such a douche.

Really??? It's Trump derangement syndrome, haven't you heard?

Oh Mike Lee is the very definition of an asshole. Every time he opens his mouth a load of shit comes out

Nothing new w/ Lee. Wigged-out rightwing nutcase from the get-go. He can’t even get players sorted on to the correct teams. Marxists? Not getting their way? Skinhead far-right psycho killer murdered Dem speaker who in fact legislated in favor of women’s health rights. Are Nazis Marxists now, Mike?

That is what happens when top politicians use the fact that a BIG majority of the voters in a country are not educated to know what "Marxism" is. Nothing new though. Nothing learned from the embarrassing McCarthy era. NOTHING.In another 75 years it will be 2100. And still no knowledge in the US.

Also, since he's one of theirs.

Anyone who uses "based" in their Twitter handle is a degenerate scumbag vermin.

Here’s hoping Mike gets what he deserves

Sideways.

Post this all over his BS.. youtu.be/gaiQipc64_M?...

After the last decade of MAGA we need to stop acting surprised at the depths of depravity they’ll go to just to preserve their worldview

They’re all pretend Christians, White Nationalists and are inherently evil.

You've met him, right? Great white sky fairies are hard to believe (in)...this f'n does this kind of stuff on tuesdays

That's not a political leader. That's Mike Lee.

They wanted so badly for it to be a Dem killing a Dem. They and those posting lies on social media about Walz fell quiet when the truth was revealed. It's disgusting that we're at a place in which the right makes fun of and blames victims. They're complicit because they refuse to condemn their own.

Mike Lee is the reason MAGA are assassinating Democrat politicians and getting away with it. He is a soulless ghoul of a Nazi

No, it is not. I've looked convicted criminal/politician Joe Arpaio in the eye and it is not hard to believe at all.

It's Mike Lee. I expect only mean spirited, ill-informed, with a touch of kissing his wannabe king's arse!

Not a GOP leader

You can say this as a Republican because (1) they have no shame, (2) they have no one on their side keeping them accountable and (3) the media gives them a pass on this. Lee is a MAGA cultist and this does not surprise me in the slightest. The age of Trumpism has ruined discourse in this country.

Holy fucking hell.

Mike Lee knows he can lie at every turn without reproach. The Machiavellian empowerment of Republican lawmakers is hastened by the abject stupidity of their electorate.

To be fair, Mike Lee isn’t a leader. He’s a Felon 47 sucker.

Mike Lee has gone full MAGA++. Super asshole

In any other timeline - senator Lee would be dragged through the news day - blaming his indefensible post on drug addiction or that someone had stolen his phone. In this timeline only a few will even notice it. We have trump to thank. And we have Merrick Garland to thank for trump.

It’s closeted Mike Lee. No shock there.

The FBI should interview that Mike Lee guy, if that's even his real name.

And maybe someone could get the media talking about this. www.scribd.com/document/473...

Mr. Corn, Maybe someone could publish something about this sworn deposition. It is from 2016 but the timing of the immigration raids may give this woman's sworn deposition some clout. bsky.app/profile/just...

Incredibly disgusting, abhorrent, anti-American post.

You mean like so many we hear from everyday. They didn’t murder Senator Padilla but they knocked him down and said he was in the wrong. The more lies they tell, the easier it gets for them.

Hey that’s alright. As elections keep coming and mid terms get here, we’ll see who’s left in office and takes control of the House. Voters are pissed off now and we’ve several more months for Republicans to make things a whole lot worse.

Not if you are a psychopath devoid of feelings and humanity

he's "friends" with Ted Cruz. It's not *that* hard to believe he'd be such an asshole

Absolutely not hard to believe. Especially from Mike Lee.

Where the hell is the disgraceful Senate leader Thune the MAGA coward?

I would expect this from someone suffering from the MAGAt mind rot virus yet refuses to seek treatment.

REALLY HARRY "HARD TO BELIEVE" seriously this is the shit that makes me not watch news. FUCK MSNBC

Lee's been an A-hole for a long time!

Sick and evil!!!

He's taking the side of a TERRORIST.

Does he have two accounts? x.com/senmikelee

I suspect @BasedMikeLee is a parody account.

It turns out that Senator Mike Lee does indeed have two accounts on X/Twitter. www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/t...

Mike Lee’s an asshole. He is what happens when mediocre men continue to fail up. Their stupidity gets obscured by their vile belligerence. Every person in leadership in this regime are stupid, out of their depth, & willing to kill most of the US population to keep power. Their downfall’s inevitable

Truth

It's Mike Lee. I can believe it.

I’m betting Mike Lee doesn’t know what Marxism is.

Yeah he does. It means when members of a community decide to protect their town & the environment by banning disposable plastic straws. That’s Marxism. You know, like rape & child abuse statutes. Can’t tell a guy what he can & can’t do. That’s Marxism.

also hard to believe that ~anyone~ who refers to themselves as 'based' is a good person.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Where have you been for the past decade?

Have you seen what the convicted felon in chief told ABC reporter? Republicans feel freedom to tap into their innermost scumbag behavior. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

How dare TFG call Gov. Walz incompetent?? Try looking in the mirror, Bozo! 😡😤🤡

This is not hard to believe! This is a strategy. Expose the strategy if you want to better prepare the public not to fall for this misinformation crap.