Three of the four Utah Republicans vying for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump.
SALT LAKE CITY — Three of the four Utah Republicans vying for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney sought to portray themselves as the most loyal to former President Donald Trump during Monday's primary debate, while the likely frontrunner stood out as someone willing to challenge party leadership.The state's marquee race is expected to test Trump's broad influence in Utah, one of the few red states that has been hesitant to embrace him.
Curtis, Wilson and businessman Jason Walton had already qualified for the primary ballot through signature gathering before the convention and joined Staggs on the debate stage Monday night. "Serving with him is a degree of difficultly of a 10," Curtis said."When President Trump is doing anything that I consider aligned with Utah values, and I can check off a pretty good list, I'm wind at his back. But I'm not going to give him an unconditional yes to anything he wants."
The 55-year-old from Kaysville also touted plans to soften federal regulations that he said stand in the way of local officials detaining immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally. He stressed a need to finish Trump's border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, and dug up a 2017 interview in which Curtis had said the construction project"carries all of this pent-up racism.
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