The Democratic senator from Minnesota and others implored the Utah Republican to take down his "cruel" social media posts and apologize to the victims' families.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee deleted his controversial social media posts about the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after several people criticized the Utah Republican for his comments.

After a longtime Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were assassinated over the weekend — and another legislator and his wife were hospitalized after being attacked by the same shooter — Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) joked about it on social media.