Utah CapitolUtah used to be a normal state. Voters were with FDR all 4 times he ran and voted for Harry Truman in 1948. They voted for Eisenhower both times-- but many states did-- and then voted for Nixon over JFK, indicating a possible new direction for the electorate there. After rejecting Barry Goldwater in 1964, Utah has consistently been one of the reddest states in the Union.
It should probably come as no surprise to anyone that Trump went into immediate attack mode after last night's 60 Minutes interview with Rick Bright. If you missed it, by all means give it a listen above.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss US President Trump’s Thursday annual National Prayer Breakfast speech and acquittal press conference, where Trump called out the hypocrisy, corruption and fake faith of Nancy Pelosi and Mitt Romney aka. Pierre Delecto.
Though the House impeachment managers proved beyond any reasonable doubt that Trump was guilty on both counts he was charged, the Senate voted 52-48 to cover up those crimes, let alone the others he wasn't even charged with. Mitt Romney was the only Republican with the guts to vote his conscience and for the best interests of the country.
Strictly party-line with an asterisk. President Trump acquitted of the two articles of impeachment 52-28 not guilty of “Abuse of Power” and 53-47 not guilty of “Obstruction of Congress.” The asterisk was Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who delivered a lofty sounding defense of the need to follow his principles, religious and otherwise to try and convict a President of a crime that had little more than political significance.
Tuesday night after Bill Taylor's closed-door testimony, the New York Times speculated that it might be a game-changer. "Taylor’s vivid depiction illustrated the differences between the impeachment inquiry against Mr. Trump and the ones that consumed Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton.
Cornered like a rat and having just been forced by overwhelming negative public opinion to give up his Doral Scam, Trump tweeted moments after he raised the white flag: "Never give up. We are doing GREAT! We are WINNING!" Was he consoling himself or his dummy base? Actually, pushed hard enough, Trump always gives up.
First a Club for Growth video, an ad that will start running tomorrow on Fox News stations in Utah. The intent isn't so much to get Romney to do something-- Romney's immensely more popular in Utah than Trump-- but to warn other Republicans, especially vulnerable ones up for reelection, like Susan Collins (ME), Cory Gardner (CO), Thom Tillis (NC), Joni Ernst (IA), Martha McSally (AZ)...
Trump's job approval numbers are underwater in Utah by 3 points: 50% disapprove and 47% approve. Even among GOP primary voters, he's relatively unpopular-- 86% approval. In 2016, Trump won Utah's 6 electoral votes... but with just 45.54% of the vote-- odd for a state with a PVI of R+20, the second highest of any state.
