Senator Mike Lee Claims Shocking Post Would Stand Even If His Own Family Were Victims

Is it just me, or have we all become so numb to politicians using personal tragedy as a springboard for viral clicks that we’d hardly blink if one started live-tweeting from a hospital bed? I mean, when did empathy get replaced by hashtags and “owned” become the new sincere? If you’ve ever wondered how far a politician will go to score political points—even at the expense of their own hypothetical grief—buckle up. Sen. Mike Lee just took us on a wild ride into the depths of performative outrage, proving that no matter how dark things get, there’s always room for another “Nightmare on Walz Street” joke. And if you think that’s where the absurdity ends, well, I’ve got some bad news…or maybe good news, depending on your taste for satire . <a href="https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/MikeLeeStressesNIBG_PH.jpg”>LEARN MORE

WASHINGTON—After being confronted about social media posts that blamed the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers on the far left, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) stressed Tuesday that he would have said the same thing if his own family had been savagely murdered. “Democrats can say what they want about me, but I would have absolutely called the shooter a Marxist and made tasteless digs at Gov. Walz had my loved ones recently been killed in cold blood,” said Lee, adding that if his wife and and children had been shot multiple times, he wouldn’t have hesitated to post photos of the incident and refer to it as a “Nightmare on Walz Street.” “To anyone offended by this, let me just say that had this happened to my family, I would have done everything in my power to mock them and use their deaths to advance my political agenda. Had I been shot, I would have used my last breaths to fan the flame and keep inciting violence. But that’s just the kind of man I am.” Lee confirmed that had Elon Musk used his family’s brutal murders to spread lies, he would have still posted a reply reading, “Fact check: TRUE.”