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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.
Its 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 theres 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 its 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
MFM008
(19,782 posts)Doesnt every Russian spy have a road?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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?
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)magicarpet
(13,941 posts)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)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.