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Trump's money woes. Herbert's easy path to victory. Ruzicka wants to "Free the Delegates"
Happy Tuesday. The political world was shocked when new reports showed Donald Trump only had $1.3 million in available cash, compared to Hillary Clinton's $42 million, but the Republican is brushing it off, saying he wants to run a lean campaign and that he has his own cash if he needs it. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-fundraising-problems-224586"; target="_blank">Politico</a>] [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/us/politics/donald-trump-money-campaign.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1&mtrref=http://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]
<strong>Topping the news: </strong> A new UtahPolicy poll find Trump with a nine point lead on Clinton — 36 percent to 27 percent — but continued soft support among independents. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/9909-"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> The poll also shows that Gov. Gary Herbert should win easily over challenger Jonathan Johnson in their primary fight, though the Senate Democratic primary between Jonathan Swinton and Misty K. Snow is a tossup. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/9893-"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> Johnson called Herbert a "coward" for refusing to debate him before the Republican primary. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4028525-155/johnson-calls-herbert-a-coward-for"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Several Utahns, most prominently Gayle Ruzicka, have joined a group called "Free the Delegates" that will seek to change Republican Convention rules to block Donald Trump from winning the party's nomination. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4028407-155/ruzicka-joins-other-utahns-in-push"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-delegate-revolt-has-become-republicans-only-option/2016/06/20/2a5999ec-3713-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-e%3Ahomepage%2Fstory" target="_blank">WaPost</a>]
<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From <a href="https://twitter.com/CarlPLeubsdorf"; target="_blank">@CarlPLeubsdorf</a>: "<span class="s1">Firing the coach at mid-season worked for the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. Maybe that inspired Donald Trump!"</span>
From <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleFields"; target="_blank">@MichelleFields</a>: "Hey <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/CLewandowski_"; target="_blank">@CLewandowski_</a> I hear <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" href="https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews"; target="_blank">@BreitbartNews</a> is hiring"
From @<a href="https://twitter.com/mviser/status/745098744081883136"; target="_blank">mviser</a>: "The guy who owns a 64-story hotel gilded in 24-carat gold is running a Motel 6 campaign."
<strong>In other news: </strong>Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs absconded from home confinement before being tried for helping orchestrate a multimillion-dollar food-stamp-fraud scheme. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4027446-155/polygamous-sect-leader-lyle-jeffs-absconds"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865656551/Lyle-Jeffs-flees-days-after-being-released-from-jail.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/son-of-fugitive-polygamist-leader-says-dad-slid-out-of-ankle-monitor-to-feel-police"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>]
-> The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of South Salt Lake police in a search case, saying evidence seized when a suspect is arrested on a valid warrant can be used in court as long as there has not been police misconduct. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/3719484-155/us-supreme-court-rules-for-police"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] Justice Sotomayor says the decision is a violation of Fourth Amendment rights. [<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/utah-streiff-sotomayor/487922/"; target="_blank">Atlantic</a>]
-> Rep. Jason Chaffetz says he will vote for Trump but will use his position as chairman of the House Oversight Committee to halt his wilder plans if he assumes the White House. His challenger, Chia-Chi Tang, says its time to dump Chaffetz. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4027931-155/let-me-loose-chaffetz-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> The LDS Church wants a case where four Navajo tribe members claim they were sexually abused in a church foster care system to be heard in federal court instead of Navajo Tribal Court. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4028278-155/lds-church-wants-to-move-sex"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> A key figure involved in the political scandal at the Utah Attorney General's Office plead not guilty to threat and intimidation charges. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4027068-155/utah-political-scandal-figure-pleads-not"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Seeing Jonathan Johnson as a threat to public education, the Utah Education Association is spending big on an ad campaign to bolster Herbert. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/9908-"; target="_blank">UtahPolicy</a>]
-> The Dalai Lama received a warm welcome from Utah Tibetans. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith/4028482-155/we-are-blessed-throngs-welcome"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865656556/Utah-prepares-to-welcome-His-Holiness-the-14th-Dalai-Lama-of-Tibet.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]
-> Environmental groups want the federal government to investigate Utah's plan to invest $53 million in a deepwater terminal in California that would ship Utah's coal overseas. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4027418-155/groups-demand-federal-probe-into-utah"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Environmental groups are urging the Bureau of Land Management to reject a proposal that would create the nation's first commercial oil shale mine. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4010939-155/blm-reviewing-utah-utility-corridor-for"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
-> Police officers were attacked in two separate incidents around Salt Lake City's homeless shelters on Sunday. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4027456-155/slcpd-officers-attacked-twice-in-homeless"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/weekend-incident-highlights-crime-problem-near-downtown-homeless-shelters"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>]
-> Pat Bagley comments on rising temperatures. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4028111-155/bagley-cartoon-the-heat-is-on"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]
<strong>Nationally:</strong> Trump fired his top aide, Corey Lewandowski, in an effort to renew his struggling campaign. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/politics/corey-lewandowski/"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-fires-top-aide-in-an-urgent-move-to-reboot-his-floundering-campaign/2016/06/20/5f36ac9e-36f6-11e6-9ccd-d6005beac8b3_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-campaign-corey-lewandowski-manager-224536"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
-> Clinton's team plans to bring the star power to its national convention in Philly, potentially including a performance by the star of "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda. [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/clinton-democratic-convention-hamilton-224583"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]
-> The Senate voted on and rejected four gun control proposals in the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/politics/senate-gun-votes-congress/"; target="_blank">CNN</a>] [<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/20/senate-gun-vote-after-orlando-shooting/86143418/"; target="_blank">USAToday</a>]
<strong>Where are they?</strong>
<ul>
<li>Rep. Jason <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/jasoninthehouse"; target="_blank">Chaffetz</a></strong> returns to Washington D.C.</li>
<li>Rep. Chris <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/RepChrisStewart"; target="_blank">Stewart</a> </strong>flies back to Washington, where he attends a House Intelligence Committee briefing and a Western Caucus meeting.</li>
<li>Rep. Mia <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMiaLove"; target="_blank"><strong>Love</strong></a> attends a whip meeting.</li>
<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> campaigns in Salt Lake and Davis Counties. Later, he attends Zions Bank's volunteer event.</li>
<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> attends an Intergenerational Poverty Commission and Advisory Committee meeting in Salt Lake City.</li>
<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="http://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a></strong> meets with the Division of Water Quality.</li>
<li>SL Co. Mayor Ben <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBenMcAdams"; target="_blank">McAdams</a></strong> attends a Unified Fire Authority board meeting in the morning. Later, he attends Gov. Herbert's luncheon to welcome the Dalai Lama and the Dalai Lama's speech at the University of Utah.</li>
<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>travels to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Marlyand, where he visits with wounded service members.</li>
</ul>
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