Do you hear that gushing sound? That’s the blare of hypocrisy rushing from the governor’s mansion after his recent about-face on endorsing Donald Trump. The erstwhile advocate of Disagree Better has decided there would be no harm in sidling up to the most divisive president in American history. It makes one wonder how “building dialogue skills and fostering positive contact” squares with Trump’s playbook of fact-challenged screeds, kneejerk online posting, incessant childish name-calling, and overall penchant for vitriol.
Apparently our formerly upstanding governor has seen the light. Time to get back to the basics of civil discourse, eh?
Former President Trump is a dangerous man, make no mistake about it. Unlike most Utah mortals, he finds no compunction in behaving poorly, putting down others, intimidation, sexual misconduct, felonious business dealings, cover-ups, and (not least) inciting violence. Further, Trump’s appalling leadership during the pandemic certainly abetted tens of thousands of actual deaths in this country. Rather than be a leader during the COVID crisis, he drove us farther apart. His list of maleficence is so long that gifted auctioneers would falter in its complete recital.
It makes one ponder why our heretofore noble governor would stoop to this level, eh? What could change a man’s mind so quickly to place his name beside the grand champion of acrimony? After inciting a riot in our U.S. Capitol and hesitating for hours while police were being bludgeoned … well, Gov. Cox feels the urgent need to support him. Doesn’t quite figure, does it?
Could it be that the good governor is taking your vote for granted?
Or maybe he is simply building his own dialogue skills while the rest of us disagree better?
Paul Rogers, Logan
