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Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting

Published February 1, 2022 10:07 PM

By SAM METZ
Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the Republican National Committee are meeting in Salt Lake City to discuss a series of measures solidifying former President Donald Trump’s standing ahead of the midterm elections. Committee members are expected to take up issues that are important to him, including a resolution censuring the two Republicans on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Salt Lake City is one of the locations under consideration to host the Republican National Convention in 2024. Yet there are few overwhelmingly Republican states where Trump’s demeanor clashes with the political culture like it does in Utah, which prides itself on maintaining civility.

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