Senator Mike Lee Affirms Consistency in Controversial Social Media Posts Despite Personal Tragedy
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The Onion Staff
Sketches a bagel but doesn't bake it through.
Summary
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) stated that he would have made the same controversial social media posts even if his own family had been savagely murdered, blaming the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers on the far left.
Key quotes
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If my wife and children had been shot multiple times, I wouldn’t have hesitated to post photos of the incident.
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