Overview

• On Monday, Senator Amy Klobuchar took to MSNBC to denounce Mike Lee’s remarks on X as insensitive and irresponsible.
• Lee’s posts on X included the line “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way” alongside an FBI-released image of the masked shooter.
• Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rally in Salt Lake City ended in gunfire that killed a woman and her husband, leaving two children orphaned on Father’s Day.
• The FBI has circulated the suspect’s photo and identified him as 57-year-old Vance Boelter as it pursues an active investigation.
• Lawmakers from both parties have voiced concern that politicized commentary risks inflaming tensions in the wake of the fatal shooting.