SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee took to social media to defend The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after The Wall Street Journal published an article about former Latter-day Saints who criticize the church.
The article, “‘Exmo’ Influencers Mount a TikTok War Against the Mormon Church,” has drawn heat on X from many Latter-day Saints, including Lee, who is a member of the faith.
The article claims that the church is “facing a 21st-century reckoning, driven by social media,” and the piece includes photos of a former member of the church wearing sacred temple clothing in a park.
Wednesday night, the senior senator wrote on X that The Wall Street Journal has demonstrated a bias against the church that it has not displayed against other religions.
“I’m confident @WSJ would never run a hit piece on the Catholic Church featuring a photo of defiant ex-Catholics desecrating the Eucharist,” he said. He added that he was “stunned and disappointed” that the Journal had done essentially that to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“#NotCoolWSJ,” he wrote.