Utah House leaders tried to bully two councilwomen into reversing their votes to support a mask mandate and spare House members the vote to rescind requirements statewide. They refused.
, House leaders and Republican members of the Salt Lake County council took two fellow GOP members to the woodshed to try to bully them into rescinding the requirement on their own.Council Chairwoman Laurie Stringham and Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton — the two Republican council members who— were summoned to House Speaker Brad Wilson’s office Thursday morning, along with House Majority Leader Mike Schultz and Republican members of the county council who backed rescinding the mandate.
“I can tell you that I never want to sit through another meeting like that,” she said. “It’s one thing when you have someone who disagrees with you. It’s a whole other thing when there are two of you taking the brunt of what’s being said. It wasn’t a fun meeting in any way, shape or form.” “Though I was urged by state legislative leaders to change my vote, I stand firmly with small businesses, school teachers, and healthcare workers as we’ve seen this recent surge take down our workforce and fill our hospitals,” Winder Newton said in a statement after the House vote Friday.“We did meet earlier in the week with Salt Lake County Council members to better understand their perspective and how they reached their decision,” Roberts said.
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