I love Utah politics

[beefytee]

Did you really compare circumcision to genital mutilation? Good grief.

Summon Marsupial!

[frank ryan]

I love all you guys.

It seems like most people understood my post

[Bo Diddley]

Agreed. I also thought Frank was saying that this whole horrible episode was a symptom of some the attitudes from that crowd and if they feel like this is simply acceptable collateral damage, she could get reelected.

I'm optimistic that attitude does not prevail and she will lose.

And she's out. (Well you know, after her term ends.)

[Pelado]

And she's out. (Well you know, after her term ends.)

What was the margin?

[Jeff Lebowski]

My offer for a wager still stands. Put your money where your cynicism is, you cowards.

And I was right. Lol @ everyone who thought she would be re-elected after what she did.

She got trounced in the republican convention. You can imagine what a bloodbath it would have been in a general election.

Good riddance.

[Bo Diddley]

What was the margin?

211 to 123. That's approaching 2:1.

[USUC]

Things appear to be going well with the Utah GOP

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Things appear to be going well with the Utah GOP

Utah Republican convention is a joke. That MAGA idiot Phil Lyman got 67% of the delegate vote, with Cox getting something like 27%. But look at his support among republicans in general:

https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/poll-shows-cox-has-overwhelming-support-headed-into-primary

SALT LAKE CITY — Despite being booed and bounced as his own party's nominee, Governor Spencer Cox is massively popular in the state.

The survey, released Monday by Noble Predictive Insights, finds the incumbent Republican governor enjoying 81% of support among GOP voters. Blanding Rep. Phil Lyman, who won the GOP convention on Saturday, sits at 6%.

[Bo Diddley]

Utah Republican convention is a joke. That MAGA idiot Phil Lyman got 67% of the delegate vote, with Cox getting something like 27%. But look at his support among republicans in general:

Yep. The party in Utah is broken. This is why I switched back to register as a Republican so I can vote in the primary, where the race is won.

[YOhio]

Yep. The party in Utah is broken. This is why I switched back to register as a Republican so I can vote in the primary, where the race is won.

I tried to do that today but learned that I needed to switch in January in order to participate in the GOP primary.

[BigFatMeanie]

Things appear to be going well with the Utah GOP

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I haven't been able to find any info on what the Lt. Gov was referring to. News articles just mentioned that some people were yelling vulgarities but no context on who was yelling, at whom where they yelling, or under what circumstances.

[Bo Diddley]

I tried to do that today but learned that I needed to switch in January in order to participate in the GOP primary.

I got tired of keeping track, so for now I'm just staying with the GOP. Maybe after the primary I'll switch back to Democrat so they can whine about how many people are doing this.

Edit: And any affiliation with the donkeys is a protest vote against the GOP. I'm fairly moderate in my political views.

[YOhio]

I haven't been able to find any info on what the Lt. Gov was referring to. News articles just mentioned that some people were yelling vulgarities but no context on who was yelling, at whom where they yelling, or under what circumstances.

I doubt there's any real info other than as anecdotally relayed to LG by her nieces. Those conventions are pure chaos and emotional. It wouldn't surprise me at all if some assholes said something rude to her nieces they wouldn't have said in any other circumstance. Especially if the leader of the movement encourages horrible behavior. It's a lot like a football game where someone says something rude to a kid because they're wearing the wrong colors.

[Copelius]

Utah Republican convention is a joke. That MAGA idiot Phil Lyman got 67% of the delegate vote, with Cox getting something like 27%. But look at his support among republicans in general:

https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/poll-shows-cox-has-overwhelming-support-headed-into-primary

This is further evidence that the convention system is irreparably broken. I went to the state convention in 2010 and then the county one a couple years ago. It has only gotten worse and turned me off toward ever returning to the party, at least here in Utah. And since the wife keeps vetoing a move to a small town in Wyoming, it looks like I am permanently out.

[frank ryan]

One of the AG candidates sounds awful. He wants to end the audit into Reyes office because he thinks he has been politically persecuted.