About 75 people -- many of them part of Glenn Beck's 9.12 project -- gathered in the state Capitol Tuesday to rally on behalf of states' rights and the free market.
The prevailing message was to refuse any federal health care reform from Washington D.C.
At the morning session, Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman held up the three-page bill he plans to push in the upcoming legislative session that would do just that.
"It prohibits a state agency or department from implementing any provision of the federal health reform plan," Wimmer told the crowd, drawing loud applause.
"Furthermore it requires the state to opt out of any federal [health care] reform that is passed," Wimmer added. "It's a very small bill but very powerful -- and it will cause tremendous shock waves through Washington."
Wimmer warned the group about internal personality conflicts that could halt their movement.
"The liberals in the Obama administration are not worried about you," Wimmer said, noting that those on the left will wait patiently for the right wing to self-destruct.
Glenn Kimber, a constitutionalist who founded private academies that bear his name, urged those in attendance to get educated before taking action.
"As I go around America, I'm concerned that if we get people angry and don't teach peaceful repair," Kimber said, "they will use bullets instead of ballots."
U.S. Senate candidate Cherilyn Eagar spoke of internal polling her campaign recently conducted, sampling active Republicans likely to vote in a primary election.
An overwhelming majority responded that government-managed health care is not an inalienable constitutional right, she said.
"We get it here in Utah," Eagar said. "It's time for us to start standing up for truth, and we are going to use the truth to prevent federal health care from coming to the state."
Speaking at the afternoon rally, Morgan Philpot -- vice chairman of Utah's Republican Party -- criticized Democratic and Republican incumbents in the nation's capital for "heading toward the same cliff at varying speeds."
Philpot, who is considering a run against Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson, also derided the mainstream media as corrupt and urged Code Red participants to blog and use Facebook and other social media to broadcast their views.
"That is our avenue around the press that wants to filter your message, or call you names you don't prefer to be called," Philpot said.
