Freshman Rep. Trevor Lee, R-Layton, said Utah's response to the COVID-19 pandemic prompted him to seek office.
SALT LAKE CITY — You would be hard-pressed to find someone who wasn't profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But the chaos of the past few years has had a distinct effect on nearly everyone.
"I felt like it was a lot of government overreach into our lives during COVID-19," he said. "A lot of that was pretty upsetting for me. I had a lot of family and friends who lost their jobs, or they were forced out of it. Or people that were forced to do things that they didn't believe, when it came to their bodily autonomy and vaccines. And that stuff really upset me."
"I really wanted to make sure that the place that I have grown up stays red," he said. "I think Utah's a fantastic place for a reason, and I don't want us to turn into a state like California that's just not responsible or has a lot of problems and issues that are self-imposed. I want to do everything in my power to make sure that my kids can grow up in a place that I felt like was amazing. Let's just keep Utah, Utah.
Rather than being a fake "burner" account, Lee said the account was simply meant to be a private way for him to express his beliefs to his close friends and family. He criticized coverage of his comments, saying the media is intent on stirring up controversy.
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