Michelle Quist for Utah Attorney General
@MichelleLQuist
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United Utah Party candidate for Utah Attorney General. Attorney. Opinion and legal writer. Mother of 7. Involved in law/politics for over 25 years.
Salt Lake City, Utah
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After decades of corruption and scandal, it’s time for real reform in Utah’s Office of the Attorney General. Politics has no place in law enforcement. Please join my effort to clear the politics out and cut ties with national partisan politics. THANK YOU!
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I never in a million years thought I’d be taking my 7 kids to their father’s funeral. Hug your loved ones.
I thought this picture with their uncles was especially heartbreaking, as was the road to the cemetery lined with family and friends who couldn’t attend the memorial. ❤️
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The Utah Legislature in a nutshell:
put forward a bill to require warning labels on all porn one day, and the next day offer a resolution expressing support for the only POTUS in history intimately connected to the porn industry.
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This officer should not be in law enforcement. Period.
@Logancitypolice
I’m looking at you.
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The facts:
@LDSchurch
counsel advised a bishop he COULD NOT report ongoing rape of a 5-yr old. Highest church leadership knows what counsel is advising. He started the ongoing rape of a 6-week old. He filmed it and distributed it. The rape of these children went on for 7 years.
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I guess it’s going to be another great day.
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@AOC
Um ... he’s a noted constitutional law scholar. His resume is a mile long. I get the complaint but impostor syndrome doesn’t apply here.
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It’s an uncomfortable thing to look over and ask my gay teenage son if he’s ok after listening to a particular conference talk.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Utah Area Presidency has asked Utah members to wear masks.
@Ch_JesusChrist
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Best use of the Sabbath Day I could imagine.
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I just walked out of
@KentsonCarCo
in Bountiful because the salesman said there was no one there who had a mask who could help me. With a respiratory-sensitive child at home, I’m not willing to take that risk. Too bad for them, I’m ready to buy a car.
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In an effort to protect children, the Utah Leg spent its 1st day banning gender-affirming care for trans kids. Are kids self-harming after care? Want to know what does harm kids? Mormon bishops who don’t report abuse and Mormon dads who gun down families. Tackle that next
#utleg
.
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A Utah Supreme Court Justice just suggested that good cause for requesting an electronic appearance/argument could be that you have childcare issues that day and need to step into your home office for the argument.
Having women in top spots is invaluable.
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Someone should make this into a constant, relentless ad immediately.
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Refreshing authenticity in a missionary farewell today: I don’t know if this church is 100% true but I know there’s something special that deserves to be shared.
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Driving past the closed elementary school all I can think about is the elderly crossing guard and other hourly employees. Are they getting paid this week? Is the only protection they’re getting from the Legislature the ability to not wear a mask? He can’t buy groceries with that.
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I get tithing. I get faith. I even get exercises in futility. But when I’m struggling to pay the mortgage and make ends meet w/out CS, and ends won’t meet, at Christmas time for my 7 kids and I think of the 6-months’ worth I just sent to the church I get this pit in my stomach.
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I’d like to see the Legislature’s data that parents support HB215.
The School Board opposes it. It’s being rammed through so fast the legislators haven’t had time to receive comments from their constituents. Parents support it? Prove it.
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Proud of the West High girls soccer team who took a knee during the national anthem at today’s game.
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I think those who talk about Utah being "family centered" should be careful with associating that idea and those principles with women choosing to stay home vs. working. Working women are also "family centered," which is probably why they're working in the first place.
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I am so tired of trying to solve the single mom/poverty statistic with marriage. Everyone knows the indicators are birth control, education, and childcare yet everyone in this state talks about marriage as the fix. Fix the actual causes and fix the statistic.
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Let me see if I have this right:
The Utah House wants transgender boys (boys) to play girls sports and transgender girls (girls) to play boys sports.
And there currently aren’t ANY transgender athletes in Utah high schools.
Got it.
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Is this the 1950s?
This is some we-love-you-and-value-you-but-think-your-place-is-at-home bullshit.
Thanks for the piece of paper, Utah Legislature.
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The man is a millionaire. He can fund it himself.
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Why was this in our Capitol?
Happening now: Florida Gov/presidential Candidate
@RonDeSantis
addresses the recent controversy about the FL Board of Education standard that teaches "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit."
@kslnewsradio
#utpol
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You mean Mayor Wilson?
@JennyWilsonUT
@realDonaldTrump
No matter who the next president is I think we can all agree this was a closely contested & divisive election. The message Jenny chose to ignore was about honoring our shared institutions & celebrating veterans. I hope she can embrace this message of unity
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Child support payments went up when hunting and fishing licenses were suspended for nonpayment of child support.
Think about that for 5 seconds.
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🚨Lookout Utah!!🚨
A special session of the Utah Legislature this Wednesday may significantly impact your constitutional rights! Watch to learn more.
#utpol
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Men - you play a pivotal role!
Women - you’re optional.
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Mike Lee spent 14 hours a day to convince multiple states’ legislators to overturn an election.
It’s past time for someone new to represent Utah in the U.S. Senate - and I’m not talking about no-position Evan.
#utpol
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Did Utah Gov Spencer Cox violate federal law? 👩🏻⚖️ A campaign email from Cox shows him with former president Trump campaigning on the sacred ground of Arlington Cemetary. 🇺🇸 Cox apologized.
Let’s elect leaders committed to taking partisan politics out of our daily lives.
#utpol
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The supermajority in the Utah Legislature has shown they can't be trusted. Act accordingly. They will try to trick you into voting against your own constitutional rights. Do not trust them.
#utpol
#BREAKING
: Here's the first look at the language of Amendment D proposing to change Utah's constitution on who can repeal citizen ballot initiatives.
A vote for the amendment means that you want Utah's Constitution to grant the legislature the ability to repeal any citizen-led
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Hey
@kslnewsradio
- Congress doesn’t certify anything tomorrow. They count electoral votes. Or they object. Certification was done by each state.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Good job Utah.
Beginning Thursday, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey will require visitors from Utah to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
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Sometimes I wish school PTAs would just periodically ask for $ donations - Venmo is super convenient. Much better than a restaurant fundraiser where I spend $70 at the restaurant and the school gets $15 when I could have donated $20, cooked at home, and saved $50.
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I went and did something ....
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That’s interesting. He doesn’t seem to care about the rankings putting women’s equality 50th.
For 15th year,
#Utah
ranks No. 1 for its economic outlook.
Only one other state bested it in another measure, economic performance. Here’s why
@JStuartAdams
says he won’t rest until Utah is 1st in both rankings
@BradWilsonGOP
@GovCox
@SpencerJCox
#utpol
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Who told you to say this?
If the nanny state had a mascot, it would be the FTC. It’s time
@linakhanFTC
and her rogue commission get a time out.
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My latest
@sltrib
column: “Death is not, and cannot be, the result of families seeking safety and grace. Because we are better than that.”
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It’s pretty clear this is one of the worst starts the Utah Legislature has had in a long time. They should have stuck to winning issues - the Great Salt Lake, housing, heck, even a stupid tax cut. They need some good PR people.
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What’s with the American flag /F Biden flag rally on the I-15? Nice for my kids to all see the F word on a big old flag as we drive by. Also, the Canadian flag? I don’t get it.
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I’m sorry, WHAT?!!???
And there he is, shaking Elder Gong’s hand without a mask, despite CDC guidance to mask up after isolating.
Wow wow wow.
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It’s always on the women. It’s always on the women. When are men responsible? When? WHEN?
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Does everyone see the connection between the last day of the candidate filing period and the acts of the Utah Legislature last night?
I hope you see it.
#utpol
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This is the worst thing I have ever seen you do, and that’s saying something. Even if this is a credible source, send it to the FBI or ppl who need to know. There was no good reason - NOT ONE - to publish this to the world. She’s irrelevant. Your hands are filthy.
#utpol
A Utah man named Dennis Ketterer reached out to the Hatch office this week with information about accuser Julie Swetnick, and her allegations against Judge Kavanaugh.
His full statement made under pentaly of felony to
@senjudiciary
can be found here -->
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Errrrr, resoundingly yes? Does he remember 4 years ago?
Every American should ask themselves:
Are you and your family better off than you were 4 years ago?
#VoteTrump2024
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I have never once, in my almost 5-year association with the editorial wing of the
@sltrib
, EVER heard anyone say anything advocating for creating division, and especially not as a goal of anyone working there. The victim game is strong here. But holy heck - it’s THE NEWSPAPER.
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Wait.
@RepChrisStewart
didn't even bother to submit information to the state-sponsored voter guide??!!??? Wow that's some high-level disdain for voters right there.
Vote
@KaelWeston
for
#UTD2
For one thing he can write well & The incumbent didn't even bother to turn in his home work which exhibits how much he cares
#utpol
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Read our LG’s thread and choose humanity over party. This isn’t about party. This is about who we are, and if we value families like we say we do.
If Christ came today, where would he minister? I know one thing - it wouldn’t be in immigration offices enforcing “law.”
Can’t sleep tonight. I know I shouldn’t tweet. But I’m angry. And sad. I hate what we’ve become. My wife wants to go & hold babies & read to lonely/scared/sad kids. I want to punch someone. Political tribalism is stupid. It sucks & it’s dangerous. We are all part of the problem.
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😳😳😳
"The
@Ch_JesusChrist
isn’t infallible. Neither are its leaders. It’s ok to be wrong at times. After all, that’s what repentance is for," writes columnist
@MichelleLQuist
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It doesn’t matter how much you “invested” in
#uted
if it’s still wholly underfunded. Here’s a simple explainer: if something costs $20 and you give $10, you can’t keep saying you funded it because you gave $10. It costs $20.
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Sister Eubank is doing more to convince weary members to donate to the church than anything else in years.
#GeneralConference
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I love how so many Utah Republicans now all of a sudden don’t understand / are against at-will employment.
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Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh.
Also, WHY is Huntsman “Unclear” on everything and how is that ok?
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Lehi, this is bad.
If your argument against wearing a mask is “liberty” (yes I’m putting it in quotes) and then you turn around and force someone else to take a mask off then you’re a hypocrite. It’s plain to see that liberty isn’t your ideal after all. But we already knew that.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Michelle Quist, Candidate for Attorney General, Condemns Legislature’s Attempt to Strip Utahns’ Constitutional Rights
#utpol
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Legislator admits legislative leadership attempts to deceive Utahns with deceptive constitutional amendment language.
#utpol
I wonder if those that complain about the language on the ballot know they are making the legislature’s case?
Initiatives mostly pass/fail because very busy voters only read what is on the ballot and DO NOT READ the actual language.
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Let’s play Men Aren’t Emotional Utah Version.
I just saw a guy on the freeway get mad that somebody didn’t move out of the fast lane so he zipped in front of the car and braked down to 30 mph. But men aren’t emotional.
#menarentemotional
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Girls are struggling with rising sexual assaults?!?!?!? You mean men are sexually assaulting girls, right?!? That’s the problem. Not the girls struggling with it. But the men doing it. Right? RIGHT??????
@dillon_kunz
@SpencerJCox
First, for media literacy, articles don’t make arguments. They present news and information. Second, it clearly showed that girls are struggling with rising sexual assaults, anxiety, depression, social media pressure, demands on how they should act to be accepted and more.
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Elementary school kids.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS.
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Omg we’re giving $1.5 million to a Hatch center?? What an f’ing boys club move. What a waste of money. I’m so annoyed/disappointed.
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The president of a local law firm invited associates to meet with him "one-on-one (except for the women with whom I'd prefer to meet together with two, or a husband and wife, of course) over lunch."
No joke. This really happened.
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Schools are starting to close because selfish people refuse to choose to wear a mask for the benefit of others. And Liberty!
Schools close, working women (60% of women, 74% of women w/children 6-17, 40% of Utah workforce) forced home once again. Utah’s war on women rages on.
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You interrupted her.
Utah isn’t made more beautiful by national monument designations. In some cases, those designations degrade the land and make the surrounding communities — already impoverished by federal land-management policies dictated by federal bureaucrats — poorer.
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There is no uncertainty or ambiguity. The court’s opinion is clear - the Legislature just doesn’t like it because they WANT to infringe on your right to reform government through the initiative process. Don’t let them limit those rights by passing this proposed amendment.
#utpol
The Utah Supreme Court’s new interpretation created uncertainty and ambiguity. This amendment provides a path for Utahns to weigh in and make their voices heard. To be clear, the proposed amendment restores the over 100-year-old effect of citizen initiatives. The initiative
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My daughter just received word she received a scholarship that covers everything after the FAFSA Family Contribution (😬) to a university of her choice. A spark of hope in her bleak world.
Although it probably means she won’t choose BYU and I don’t know what to think of that.
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I’m comfortable with this message getting out.
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Success! Congrats to the people of Utah. Constitutional rights prevail.
#utpol
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just upheld the district courts decision voiding Amendment D. It is stricken from the November ballot.
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Derek Brown supports a constitutional amendment limiting Utahns’ right to exercise their constitutional initiative power. I don’t. He intends to represent his party. I intend to represent Utahns. Who do you choose?
#utpol
As news of these discussions is breaking, two groups have come out in support of calling the session to change voter-led initiatives. The
@UtahGOP
and conservative think-tank
@SutherlandInst
. The Party issued a list of people who support it.
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Was just remembering the time
@kslnewsradio
asked me to be a regular substitute host on their afternoon news program. I asked what the compensation was. They said nobody had ever asked that, and they would get back to me. They never got back to me.
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This will be born on the backs of women. AGAIN.
And THAT IS WHY THEY DO NOT CARE.
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I want to thank the Deseret News for writing a horrific editorial about the ERA that prompted me to respond in a column that basically wrote itself and earned Second Place in the 2020
@UtahSPJ
Opinion Column category. ☺️🥈
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Utah SPJ journalism contest and this year's special honors recipients!
We appreciate all who participated and your patience as we navigated COVID-19 concerns. We hope to celebrate with you in person next year.
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Knew of it? He practically came up with it. He spent 14 hours a day working on it.
And yeah - liar isn’t a good look. The cover-up is always the bigger story.
Newly released text messages show Utah Sen. Mike Lee knew of the scheme to send alternate electors to Congress nearly a month earlier than he claimed.
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To the mom, without kids, walking the dog and taking candy from the doorstep bowl, I see you, and I applaud. 🎃👏🏼
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“On Wednesday, Adams attended the Utah Taxpayers Legislative Outlook Conference at the Little America Hotel. He did not wear a mask when interacting with other attendees.”
They must think we’re idiots to listen to anything they say at this point. This is failed leadership.
On Wednesday, Adams attended the Utah Taxpayers Legislative Outlook Conference at the Little America Hotel. He did not wear a mask when interacting with other attendees.
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I qualified for the debate! As a third-party candidate, I’m super proud to have reached this goal and am eager to make my case to Utah voters next Tuesday. The comparison between my campaign and Derek Brown’s will be stark, and the choice will be obvious. See you there!
#utpol
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I was always a second class citizen anyway.
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I feel so bad for my daughter - she feels like her senior year is ruined (I know it’s trivial but to her it isn’t). All her friends are still hanging out and she’s the only one who can’t. What is wrong with people???
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You guys. This just prohibits women’s right to travel freely. So it’s ok.
NEW: Idaho is about to become the first state to restrict interstate travel for abortion care.
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Is this what Mike Lee meant when he said we aren’t a democracy?
We have claimed, for Electoral Vote purposes, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (which won’t allow legal observers) the State of Georgia, and the State of North Carolina, each one of which has a BIG Trump lead. Additionally, we hereby claim the State of Michigan if, in fact,.....
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Impeach and convict. Or remove. Before more damage can be done from a seat of power.
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I miss going to the movies. I’d go alone. Often. Eat popcorn and talk to no one.
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2020. The worst year ever.
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What’s with all the cars with Trump flags driving around today? Who’s going to tell them?
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I was grumpy watching GC. Tired of being excluded. Tired of being 2nd class. Then Elder Kearon began. My ears perked. Still grumpy. *whisper Michelle. Michelle. MICHELLE. I'm talking to you. It's going to be ok. Peace will come. Jeses loves you.
I should've turned it off there.
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I don’t think most Utahns agree that women’s lives begin when they marry and start having children. We’re more than just baby makers. We’re whole human individuals. I, for one, am grateful I have a career so I can support the seven children who rely on me, and only me.
Religious views are under attack! Most Americans — and certainly most Utahns — would agree with Harrison Butker’s message. Which he was delivering as a Christian speaking at a Catholic school.
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There are few attacks on religious freedom. Freedom does not protect you from ridicule. It does not include as a subset speech, assembly, or other rights. They are all separate and individual freedoms, and will sometimes be in opposition. The Const doesn’t put one above another.
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This is why I’m running for Utah AG. We need an AG focused on lawyering, not on politics or retribution for friends’ hurt feelings.
Get the politics out of Utah’s AG’s office.
#MichelleforAG
A.G. Sean Reyes encouraged Tim Ballard to sue a Utah lawmaker for defamation, text messages show
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Really sorry to hear this news. We haven’t had a respectable Attorney General since she was in office. We were lucky to have her.
Jan Graham, Utah’s first and only female attorney general, dies at 74
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They both want to take away Utahns’ constitutional right to reform government through the initiative process without government infringement. Preserve your own rights!!
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Ordained men are not the priesthood. They are holders of the priesthood.
And they could bless and administer the sacrament for their families last Sunday while I couldn’t.
So, the blessings of the priesthood aren’t all available to men and women alike.
#GeneralConference
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Honestly. What a way for the Utah Legislature to end Black History Month. Opposing racism is racism? Promoting racial equality is racism? You don’t support racial equality
@johnforutah
? Absolutely appalling.
Dear Twitter do what you do when a local senator says “anti racism is racism”? Twitter do your thang!
@UtahGOP
@utahsenate
@johnforutah
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I just paid my kids $20 each to not carve pumpkins. 🎃
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Have you checked out
@ErinRiderUtah
yet? She’s challenging Chris Stewart in Utah’s 2nd cong district. It’s the first time he’s been in a R primary AND HE’S BARELY EVEN CAMPAIGNING. She has out-raised him. She’s out talking to people. And she’s reasonable. I’m in.
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