Available evidence does not support Sen. Mike Lee’s assertion that Boelter was driven by "Marxist" ideology. People who knew Boelter told news outlets he was politically right-leaning.  Law enforcement officials said all the potential targets Boelter had identified were elected officials and Democrats,

Vance Boelter targeted Democrats, leaning politically right, with no Marxist ties as suggested by the evidence.

Utah’s senior Senator, Mike Lee took to X over the weekend to comment on the killings of a Minnesota state senator and her husband and the shootings of two other