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Will Utah Governor's Initial Support for Trump Hurt His Re-Election?

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Weinholtz said Tuesday that Donald Trump has a long history of mistreating women and that Gov. Gary Herbert only dropped his support for the Republican candidate to save himself from political fallout.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Weinholtz said Tuesday that Donald Trump has a long history of mistreating women and that Gov. Gary Herbert only dropped his support for the Republican candidate to save himself from political fallout.
 
"Donald Trump has a 30-year, well-documented history of bragging about marital infidelity and sexual conquest and objectifying women, so just one video over the weekend was enough to change the governor's mind?" Weinholtz said. "Most of the politicians who have unendorsed Trump have done so not because it's the right thing to do, but to save their own political hide."
 
But Weinholtz, speaking at a rally of about 75 people in support of women on the steps of the Capitol Tuesday evening, said the issue goes beyond Trump, arguing that Herbert should have done more to support Utah women during his seven years in office.
 
The state has the fourth-largest wage gap between men and women — a woman earns 70 cents for each dollar a man earns, compared to 79 cents nationally — and women are underrepresented in Utah boardrooms. 

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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