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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 02:51 PM Mar 2018

Utah GOP governor: Naming a highway after Trump is 'a little premature'

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 03/07/18 12:45 PM EST

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) said Tuesday that a GOP-sponsored proposal to name a state highway after President Trump would be “premature.”

A Utah Senate panel voted Monday in favor of the bill, which would rename a southern Utah highway the “Donald J. Trump Utah National Parks Highway” in honor of his decision to shrink two national monuments in Utah.

“It’s a little premature,” Herbert said Tuesday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. “Typically, at least in Utah, we wait until people have left office to reward them for the work they have done.”

“I realize the zeal and enthusiasm some have for Donald J. Trump, and I share the enthusiasm where it comes to state rights,” he added. “But there’s probably a reason why we wait five years for people to vote on the Hall of Fame to look at the broader perspective to decide whether it’s proper.”

Herbert indicated that he may veto the measure if it makes it to his desk.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/377194-utah-gop-governor-naming-a-highway-after-trump-is-a-little-premature

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Utah GOP governor: Naming a highway after Trump is 'a little premature' (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
Whats a matter guv MFM008 Mar 2018 #1
Maybe he should tell the lege to do some real work? gratuitous Mar 2018 #3
If he's going to run for re-election, I wonder what that's going to cost him in votes. Arkansas Granny Mar 2018 #2
Even a little perverted sometimes world wide wally Mar 2018 #4
"The tRump Fascist Freeway" magicarpet Mar 2018 #5
Used to be you had to be dead to get a ship or building, etc. named after you. Thomas Hurt Mar 2018 #6
The Donald J Trump Highway to Hell OnDoutside Mar 2018 #7
They can name this after him: dalton99a Mar 2018 #8
That highway would, by necessity, be filled with PotHoles. nm Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #9

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Maybe he should tell the lege to do some real work?
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 03:00 PM
Mar 2018

But he's a Republican governor dealing with a Republican majority, so he probably can't or shouldn't do that. But fer crissakes, doesn't Utah have bigger things to worry about than branding a highway with that fraud's name?

magicarpet

(13,941 posts)
5. "The tRump Fascist Freeway"
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 03:09 PM
Mar 2018

There is a toll booth every mile, it costs you ten bucks to get through, and all proceeds go to the King of Orange.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
6. Used to be you had to be dead to get a ship or building, etc. named after you.
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 03:52 PM
Mar 2018

you start naming stuff after live politicians it starts to smell like Dear Leader-ism.

A shrine in every household, banners, huge portraits on the sides of buildings, of the sitting fascist.....(gag, gag)...mandatory attendance at military parades.

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