{"id":1985061,"date":"2023-07-28T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-on-notice-as-the-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-for-his-senate-seat-issues-a-big-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:53:41","slug":"mitt-romney-on-notice-as-the-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-for-his-senate-seat-issues-a-big-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-on-notice-as-the-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-for-his-senate-seat-issues-a-big-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Young conservative mayor challenges Mitt Romney for Senate seat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitt-romney-on-notice-as-the-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-for-his-senate-seat-issues-a-big-challenge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Mitt Romney\u2064 on Notice\u200c as the\u200d Young Conservative Mayor Gunning for His Senate Seat Issues a Big Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican whose party affiliation is suspected\u200b by many to be in name only, has a growing problem.<\/p>\n<p>His headache began in May when Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, Utah, announced that \u200che was aiming to take the senator\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<p>Staggs came out swinging with a biting critique of Romney, which proved to be just a taste of what was to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtah needs another proven fighter and conservative \u2063in the Senate,\u201d Staggs wrote on Twitter. \u201cWe need someone unafraid to stand \u2062against the Washington establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a career politician \u2063or\u200c a Massachusetts millionaire,\u201d Staggs said \u200cin the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-on-notice-as-the-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-for-his-senate-seat-issues-a-big-challenge\/\" title=\"Young conservative mayor challenges Mitt Romney for Senate seat.\">accompanying campaign \u200blaunch video<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m a mayor, \u2063a businessman, husband \u200cand father who\u2064 wants his children to grow up \u2063with the same opportunities that \u2064I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Utah needs another proven fighter and\u2064 conservative in the Senate. We need someone unafraid to \u200cstand \u200bagainst the Washington \u2064establishment. That\u2019s who I am, but I\u200c need your help to get there <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yg5tnTG4mV\">https:\/\/t.co\/yg5tnTG4mV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qof9JQYi7C\">pic.twitter.com\/qof9JQYi7C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Trent Staggs (@MayorStaggs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorStaggs\/status\/1661003252895477764?\">May\u2062 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Staggs\u2019 announcement\u2064 was an instant hit. People flooded the\u2062 comments \u2064with support for\u2062 the mayor, propelling the video to over 1 million views.<\/p>\n<p>Romney\u2019s challenger made waves and earned a key endorsement less than two weeks after announcing his\u2064 Senate bid.<\/p>\n<p>A release from the Utah Fraternal Order\u2063 of Police obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/local\/utah-police-union-backs-trent-staggs-senate-push-mitt-romney-gop-republican-2024-election-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KUTV-TV<\/a> announced that the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-cnns-lemon-of-a-town-hall-meeting\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: CNN\u2019S Lemon Of A Town Hall Meeting\">cop union<\/a> \u200dhad given its unanimous support \u2064to \u2064Staggs.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064endorsement didn\u2019t happen in a vacuum, it seems, but\u200d was actually sought \u200bout by the Riverton mayor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn \u2063light of the attacks on \u200blaw enforcement in recent years, the very first endorsement I sought out was the Fraternal Order of Police,\u201d Staggs told KUTV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted our local officers\u200b to know they\u2019d always have my support, and I\u2019m \u200dhonored to have theirs. They \u2063deserve a Senator who is willing to stand beside them rather than march against\u200c them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public\u2019s apparently favorable opinion of Staggs and the police union endorsement are small but\u2063 key victories\u2064 on his path to\u200b Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Law and order is, of course, a winning point\u200c with nearly every American, and certainly\u2062 with any conservative. And even before Staggs\u2019\u200b announcement, Romney was busy alienating constituents \u2064with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitt-romney-stabs-fellow-republicans-back-explaining-vote-1-7-trillion-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks<\/a> on \u200cfellow Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Now the mayor is issuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">major challenge<\/a>\u2062 that the sitting senator might find difficult \u200bto accept: Staggs wants a debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2062 can defend\u200b your support for raising\u200b the debt ceiling, voting in [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas] and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomas-incinerates-ketanji-brown-jackson-justice-jacksons-race-infused-world-view-falls-flat-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentaji Brown\u2064 Jackson<\/a>,\u2063 and many other \u2064bad votes,\u201d Staggs tweeted\u200c on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll explain why Americans DO deserve America First policies\u200b and a small federal government. You in?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney?\">@MittRomney<\/a>, let\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n<p>You \u2064can defend your support for raising \u200dthe debt \u200dceiling, voting in Mayorkas and Kentaji Brown Jackson, and many other bad votes.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll\u2062 explain why Americans DO deserve America First policies\u200c and a small\u2062 federal government. You in? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ok7kPP100\">https:\/\/t.co\/7ok7kPP100<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Trent Staggs (@MayorStaggs)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorStaggs\/status\/1684376097977421825?\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to see why Romney, who reportedly has to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitt-romney-vacations-town-trump-lives-wears-disguise-hide-goes-public-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disguise himself<\/a> to avoid conservatives \u2063angered by his \u2063kneecapping of former President Donald Trump, would want to \u200bavoid having to explain a voting \u2062record \u200cthat places America last.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2023\/04\/12\/mitt-romney-takes-first-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Salt Lake \u200bTribune<\/a>, Romney has already filed paperwork for a re<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-trump-biggest-winner-of-impeachment-trial-says-lindsey-graham\/\" title=\"Lara Trump \u2018Biggest Winner\u2019 Of Impeachment Trial, Says Lindsey Graham\">-election campaign<\/a>, but his plans for 2024 remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>While we don\u2019t know how or\u200d even if Romney will \u200cbe looking\u200b to\u200c defend his Senate \u200dseat, it\u2019s clear he has a\u2063 fight on his hands as Staggs continues to win support throughout the \u2064Beehive State.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitt-romney-notice-young-conservative-mayor-gunning-senate-seat-issues-big-challenge\/\">Mitt Romney on Notice as the Young Conservative Mayor\u200b Gunning for His Senate Seat Issues \u2064a Big Challenge<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican often questioned for his party loyalty, faces a mounting issue. In May, Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs declared his intention to challenge Romney for the Senate. Staggs wasted no time in launching a scathing critique of Romney, intensifying the senator&#8217;s predicament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2047,"featured_media":1985062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}