Utah Sen. Mike Lee is facing outrage and calls for his resignation over social media posts that baselessly claim the man charged with targeting Minnesota lawmakers in shootings during the weekend has ties to the political left.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee has deleted a couple controversial posts Tuesday after facing public and congressional criticism for the apparent jokes made about the suspect accused of shooting two Minnesota lawm

Politicians in both parties had criticized remarks by the Utah senator, saying that his political rhetoric made light of tragedy.