In Utah’s only close congressional contest, Republican Rep. Mia Love has used tried-and-true conservative attacks on her Democratic opponent, Ben McAdams: attempting to tie him to unpopular House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and paint him as a champion of unrestricted abortion rights.
McAdams dispatched with the first charge quickly — pledging that if elected he wouldn’t vote for Pelosi for speaker (though Love warned a Democratic majority would inevitably restore Pelosi to the top spot).
Dealing with the second line of attack is somewhat more complicated — as is the abortion issue itself.
It began at the Salt Lake County Republican Convention in April, when Love charged that McAdams was in the race to push “unrestricted abortion and use your money to pay for it.