Twitter tried to block the Hunter Biden story. It’s about saving people’s lives. All Rights Reserved, Candidates for Utah governor keep it civil in their final debate, Activist Collin Kartchner, who spoke out on the dangers of social media on kids, has died. The opposing candidates in Utah's gubernatorial race, Republican Spencer Cox and Democrat Chris Peterson, both appear in the commercial released on Tuesday. The many, many, many letters of Mister Rogers. Republican and Democratic candidates for Utah governor, have appeared in joint advert. Republican and Democratic Utah governor nominees appear in same advert 'We can debate without degrading each other': Republican and Democrat candidates' joint ad goes viral. Yet this resource — his most abundant — has somehow remained in obscurity. "Fox had been organizing these voters long before Trump walked onto the stage," one analyst says. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected Thursday to advance the U.S. Supreme Court nominee to the full Senate in a party-line vote. “I’d like to know where that money is and so would a lot of taxpayers,” the real estate company founder said. Here’s what some players had to say. It's a debate for the history books featuring four Utah GOP gubernatorial candidates: Greg Hughes, Jon Huntsman, Jr. , Spencer Cox, and Thomas Wright. SALT LAKE CITY — The two major-party candidates in the Utah governor’s race, Republican Lt. Gov. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected Thursday to advance the U.S. Supreme Court nominee to the full Senate in a party-line vote. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? Mr Cox wrote on Twitter that Utah could set an “example” to the nation, with less than two weeks until the 3 November election. It’s very possible there are. Copyright © 2020 Deseret News Publishing Company. The pair are competing to succeed Herbert who did not seek reelection after more than a decade in office. Could BYU quarterback Zach Wilson really win the Heisman Trophy? Cost of hosting another Olympics in Utah rising as coronavirus adds to risks, Layton man, 71, accused of sexually abusing girls 2 decades ago. Cox, Wright and Hughes all agreed the state should not mandate that Utahns be vaccinated if a vaccine for the deadline virus becomes available. The Utah-based activist, who traveled the country raising awareness of the damage social media can have on youths’ mental and emotional health, died unexpectedly. He said he still hasn’t heard what happened to some $100 million spent on the virus. Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping. And a majority of Utahns favor confirmation. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. Here’s what some players had to say. “There is a difference between protesting and rioting and the people of Utah understand that,” Cox said. “I’m very proud of our police officers and the way they protected the peaceful rights of protestors to get their message out. Fred Rogers possibly wrote individual letters to hundreds of thousands of people. There\u2019s two weeks left before Utah\u2019s primary elections and the Republican Party\u2019s four candidates for governor took center stage Tuesday night in one final debate. The other candidates in the race — Lt. Gov. It was clear to me our coronavirus response was careening off track.”, Cox said he brought together experts in his role and that “being governor or lieutenant governor means you have to make incredibly difficult decisions.” He said the state has had successes, including a low mortality rate and what he labeled the best economy in the country, even though “it hasn’t been perfect. Poll: How voters feel about Amy Coney Barrett and the Supreme Court. Early in the two-hour KUTV-2 debate Tuesday, former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes said Gov. Why? SALT LAKE CITY — There was plenty of friction during the final debate between the four Republican candidates for governor in Utah’s June 30 primary, including over whether the state responded quickly enough when a protest in Salt Lake City turned violent. “I support where we are today. Cox, Peterson still have their differences on mask mandate, other issues. They participated in two virtual candidate forums last week, at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics and the Salt Lake Chamber, as well as in their first actual debate during the Utah League of Cities and Towns’ virtual annual convention. We’ve got a long way to go.”. Cox deferred to Peterson on a question about his requirements to lead the coronavirus post, saying it was “hard to respond to his arguments against me.”, His concerns “are not personal,” said Peterson, who believes public health care experts should be in charge. But we have to change the policies.”, But Huntsman, who served as governor from 2005 until he resigned in 2009 to become U.S. ambassador to China and later filled the same post in Russia, said seeing the military sent into the streets of those countries showed they had “failed in the most basic task, to carry on a meaningful dialogue with those with whom you disagree.”, Speaking from a sequestered area of the theater because he has COVID-19, Huntsman said “leadership is about locking arms” with both law enforcement and “also those who have grievances. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Spencer Cox and Democratic University of Utah law professor Chris Peterson, stressed their differences on the state’s response to COVID-19 Tuesday during what is expected to be their final debate before the November election. In the first hour of the debate, each candidate was interviewed separately and in the second hour, three of the candidates appeared together onstage, while Huntsman, who announced last week he’d tested positive for coronavirus and has been campaigning from isolation in his home, joined in virtually. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. 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He said the state has spent more than $100 million — some “wasted” on apps and remedies that didn’t work — without getting the virus under control. “Everyone should wear a mask. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? We don’t send in the heavy artillery unless it’s an admission of failure.”, Wright said he believes the governor was “a little late” in sending in the National Guard and should have been ready since “it was pretty obvious when the crowd was forming, that there was the possibility there was going to be vandalism and some unruly behavior.”, He said that “no matter what you’re protesting, you have the right to do that. Asked about school reopenings, Cox did take a swipe at the Salt Lake City School District for not returning to in-person learning, calling it “a huge mistake. It got so out of hand they had to call law enforcement from multiple jurisdictions, had to call and deploy the National Guard.”, Given that unrest had already erupted around the country after a black man, George Floyd, died in Minneapolis on May 25 with the knee of a white police officer on his neck, Hughes suggested the state should have been prepared and is within its right to do “whatever it would take to make sure that lawlessness does not run unabated.”. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. It was four hours of unabated, uninterrupted violence. He said during the debate he doesn’t want to raise taxes, but told reporters afterward that could depend on how much additional revenue could be raised by closing tax loopholes. Survey says there’s a difference. He complained that “palatial” schools are being built in some districts because of “perverse incentives” in how taxes can be used. Peterson reminded the debate moderator, longtime radio talk show host Doug Wright, and the virtual audience that he’s been calling for a statewide mask mandate since July. People’s jobs are on the line. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. That doesn’t mean they’re not out there. Small businesses are collapsing. There are things we need to do.”. Why? "Our common values transcend our political differences and the strength of our nation rests on our ability to see that," he says in a second advert. The star of "Parks and Rec" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" was also mocked for his Christian faith. Peterson was critical of other decisions made by the state in dealing with the virus, many under Cox’s leadership as the initial head of Utah’s response. Cox said the inequity between school districts must be addressed through seeking more compensation from the federal government for public lands that aren’t subject to property taxes. Opposing candidates cited declining political dialogue as reason to call for civility and respect, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Peterson said Cox would take money from wealthier school districts and that school children shouldn’t be “fighting over scraps.” Cox said that is not what he was talking about and later told reporters more money for schools could come from selling off public lands located within municipalities. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. But the tone of the hourlong debate didn’t turn sharp, even as the candidates again disagreed over whether they’d impose a statewide mask mandate, an issue that has come up repeatedly in the campaign as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus in Utah has climbed to record levels. An advert in which a Republican and Democrat candidate together call on voters to be decent and civil has been praised, amid concerns about rising political and social divisions in the US.

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