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Spencer Cox's was the only Republican Governor to declare a Pride Month for his state.<ref>Erin Alberty, [https://www.axios.com/2023/06/02/utah-governor-pride-month-declaration-lgbtq-spencer-cox "Utah governor removes LGBTQ+ references from Pride Month declaration"], Axios, 2 June 2023</ref> | |||
== 2016 == | == 2016 == | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 4 June 2023
Spencer J. Cox is the Governor of Utah, and was running for reelection as Lieutenant Governor with Gary Johnson in the November 2016 Election, Utah.
2023
Spencer Cox's 2023 Pride Month declaration was called out for lacking any reference to LGBTQ+ people, unlike his prior declarations.[1]
Spencer Cox signed legislation banning clinics from providing abortions.[2]
2022
Project Veritas was in Utah with an undercover tape of John Curtis's Field Director revealing some things that John Curtis's campaign explicitly desires to keep hidden. Pertinent to Spencer Cox, however, John Curtis's Field Director expressed surprise that Spencer Cox would have supported the trigger laws that Utah has in place.[3]
Spencer Cox has expressed that he does not intend to pursue expanding abortion restrictions outside of the context of existing trigger laws which would take effect were Roe v. Wade overturned.[4]
2021
Spencer Cox's was the only Republican Governor to declare a Pride Month for his state.[5]
2016
He has declared that without major changes, he will not be voting for Trump, stating further that "if there were some major changes to Trump, I think there's a way many of us could support him, but he hasn't shown any inclination toward those changes or doing things differently, so I think it's a long shot that he will change". He has expressed that he is considering Gary Johnson, Evan McMullin, or a write-in.[6]
External Resources
- "Lt. Gov. Cox speaks at vigil for Orlando: 'My heart has changed'", KSL, 14 Jun 2016
References
- ↑ Erin Alberty, "Utah governor removes LGBTQ+ references from Pride Month declaration", Axios, 2 June 2023
- ↑ "Utah governor signs legislation banning clinics from providing abortions", NBC News, 15 Mar 2023
- ↑ Project Veritas Action, "Rep John Curtis Campaign Field Director Reveals Congressman’s Opposition to Abortion 'Trigger Law'", YouTube, 21 Jun 2022
- ↑ Brian Schott, "Gov. Cox says he opposes abortion restrictions beyond Utah’s trigger law", Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022
- ↑ Erin Alberty, "Utah governor removes LGBTQ+ references from Pride Month declaration", Axios, 2 June 2023
- ↑ Robert Gehrke, "Utah’s lieutenant governor says, barring huge changes, he won’t vote for Donald Trump", Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Aug 2016