Washington • Utah’s GOP House members voted against a resolution on Tuesday condemning President Donald Trump for his racist tweets over the weekend while the state’s lone Democrat, Rep. Ben McAdams, supported the measure that came down to near party-line vote.
The passage of the resolution, a response to Trump’s comments that four nonwhite House members should “go back” to their home countries — despite the fact three are U.S.-born and the fourth a naturalized citizen — came after a day of partisan bickering that brought to the forefront the tensions between supporters of the president and those rebuking him for tweets that enraged Democrats and saw Republicans diving for cover.