Letter: Utah Republican’s war against democracy isn’t over
(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) New House Speaker Brad Wilson conducts business in the House of Representatives, on the first day of the 2019 Utah Legislative session on Jan. 28, 2019.
In the Tribune’s editorial regarding SB54, you claim “the Utah Republican Party’s quixotic war against democracy is over.”
I disagree. Democracy won the battle against SB54, but the Utah Republican party continues its war on democracy. For evidence, all we need to do is look at how the Republican-dominated Legislature had Republican-sponsored bills overturning the will of the people in Propositions 2 and 3. We shall see how they act regarding Proposition 4.
Furthermore, they continue their onslaught against democracy by making citizen-based initiatives even more difficult to achieve with virtually each 45-day legislative session. We the people won one battle against our enemies of democracy — the Utah Republican party. The war is far from over.
David Taylor, Salt Lake City
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