Caralee Woods: Democrats need to rally around Kael Weston in Utah’s Senate race

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Evan McMullin would not be much of an improvement over Mike Lee, writes Caralee Woods, former chair of the Kane County Democratic Party and of the Utah Democratic Rural Caucus.

, one of the few places you can go to get any details regarding his political stands, tells us that he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade and his favorite Supreme Court justices are “originalists” like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. He supports a reduction in corporate taxes, even though many large corporations already pay zero. Maybe that comes from his time spent as a director at Goldman Sachs, the global investment banking company.

McMullin supports vouchers and charter schools over public education. He wants to get rid of public lands, tweeting in 2016: “There is no good reason for the federal government to hold so much western land.” Them’s fightin’ words for many in rural Kane County where the parks are tourism magnets that support our local economy. None of these positions is supported by serious Democrats anywhere.

Why some Democratic leaders stand by and let our most important values be minimized without a fight is a mystery. In my experience, running Republican Lite candidates has rarely gotten the Democrats any significant wins, and it doesn’t because it’s a weak position. Voters can smell insipid from miles away.

And now there’s a chance to do that. Kael Weston, a top-notch Democrat with impressive credentials has joined the U.S. Senate race. In his 2020 Congressional race, Weston spent more time in rural Utah listening to voters of both parties, including a lot of Trump supporters, than anyone else. He understands rural issues and rural voters and received a respectable 37% of the total vote in a very gerrymandered district, and without running TV ads.

 

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A pile of warm camel dung is an improvement over Mike Lee, let’s keep it real.

It pains me to say this, but Utah Democrats are woefully oblivious to exactly how bad their brand is.

No disrespect Caralee, but who ran for governor on the Den ticket last cycle? Yeah, I can't remember either. That should be all the answer you need.

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