Utah’s new U.S. senator seemed willing u2015 almost eager u2015 to stand up for Utah values and challenge the mendacity and immorality of President Trump, as demonstrated in Romney’s takedown of the president written for The Washington Post.
But despite Romney’s exhortations to “inspire and unite” and “eschew the politics of anger and fear,” one of his first official acts was to join arms with Sen. Mike Lee to sponsor a divisive bill that attacks national monuments and public lands.
The bill would exempt Utah from the landmark Antiquities Act. It would all but ensure that no more public land in the state is safe from from fossil-fuel extraction, leaving irreplaceable cultural and natural resources unprotected.