Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the recent charges against former President Donald Trump
SALT LAKE CITY — Policy positions and experience certainly matter for politicians, but voters often gravitate toward candidates who they can relate to, someone they can imagine getting a beer — or a dirty soda — with.
That's true even for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who said he hopes to cast a ballot for a fellow governor in the 2024 presidential election. When asked during his monthly PBS news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday morning, he declined to throw his support behind a single candidate, instead endorsing the six current or former Republican governors who are in the race.
But the governor is troubled by the support being lavished upon the GOP's leading candidate, Donald Trump, for a simple reason: Cox wants Republicans to win and doesn't think the twice-impeached former president is the person for the job. "I like to win elections. I like when Republicans win elections. I desperately think we need a Republican president and I would like the next president ... to be a Republican," he said when asked if it's appropriate for Trump to run given the numerous felony charges levied against him. Trump faces
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