State of play: Lee's posts, which baselessly ascribed leftist motives to the attacks on Minnesota Democrats, were only the latest to attract scrutiny of his far-right online profile — especially under his personal @BasedMikeLee account on X.

Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee on Tuesday deleted a series of inflammatory social media posts from over the weekend in which he reacted to the shooting deaths of Minnesota state representatives, prompting a confrontation with the state’s Democratic US senator.