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A Republican senator was confronted by his Democratic colleague after “cruel” posts about the deadly “politically motivated” shooting of Minnesota lawmakers.

Just hours after the fatal shooting of state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman, and the wounding of senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, Republican senator Mike Lee made the decision to go on social media and post memes and disinformation about the deadly attack.