{"id":1986529,"date":"2023-07-31T03:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-trent-staggs-the-mayor-working-to-primary-mitt-romney\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T03:35:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T07:35:56","slug":"meet-trent-staggs-the-mayor-working-to-primary-mitt-romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-trent-staggs-the-mayor-working-to-primary-mitt-romney\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Trent Staggs, the Mayor challenging Mitt Romney in the primaries."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fmeet-trent-staggs-the-mayor-working-to-primary-mitt-romney%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=1986529&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--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Mitt Romney: A \u200cBetrayal of Utah&#8217;s \u2064Values<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI believe I can help\u2062 bring Utah\u2019s\u200c values and Utah lessons\u200b to Washington,\u201d declared Mitt Romney \u2062in the launch\u2062 of \u200dhis 2018 campaign for U.S. Senate. \u201cLet\u2064 there be no question, I will fight for Utah.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Predicated on a pledge of constituent representation, fiscal responsibility, and intellectual \u200dintegrity, Romney was elected\u200b to the U.S. Senate and currently serves in the upper chamber as Utah\u2019s junior senator.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s\u2062 just \u2064one problem. The \u200ccarpetbagging former governor\u2063 of Massachusetts and 2012\u2064 Republican presidential\u2062 nominee has routinely \u200csold out \u200bthe people whose\u200b values he pledged to faithfully represent and routinely\u200c capitulated to the Washington \u2064establishment\u2019s consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Routinely showing himself \u200bto be out of touch with the wishes of his constituents, \u200cRomney, nominally a conservative Republican, has \u2063so far voted with President\u200d Biden\u2019s radical agenda\u2063 nearly \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-congress-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">60 percent<\/a> of the \u200btime, long\u2063 ago <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Mitt_Romney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoning<\/a> any semblance of fiscal or social\u200b conservatism. He also\u2064 nearly sabotaged the reelection of his state\u2019s senior senator, the stalwart conservative\u200d Mike Lee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/29\/gop-senators-baffled-by-mitt-romneys-ploy-to-oust-mike-lee-and-maybe-thwart-a-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney\u2019s Ploy To \u200bOust Mike Lee \u2014 And Maybe Thwart A Majority<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So what are Utahns to do?<\/p>\n<h3>Trent Staggs: A Real \u2064Conservative for Utah<\/h3>\n<p>Trent Staggs, \u200cthe current mayor of Riverton, Utah, \u2062believes\u2064 he has the answer: kick Mitt out of office.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to beat \u2063Romney in the \u200bupcoming Republican primary, \u2062Staggs\u2064 is a first-time candidate for federal \u2064office who has\u200d already raked up considerable local support from Utah\u2019s Fraternal Order of Police and a bevy of municipal officeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking \u2064with The Federalist, Staggs emphasized his focus on\u2063 <em>actually<\/em> amplifying the\u200c concerns \u200dof Utahns \u2063in Congress\u2019s upper chamber, positioning\u2064 his \u2063candidacy as a holistic rebuttal\u200b to Romney\u2019s initial pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservatives nationwide understand how important it is to replace Mitt\u2064 Romney with a real conservative,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s disconnected from Utahns. \u2026 I\u2019m an America First candidate, and\u2062 that\u2019s what [Utahns] want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romney notably voted to impeach former President Donald Trump and to codify same-sex \u201cmarriage\u201d into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">federal law<\/a>, \u2063and he <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/26\/mitt-romney-to-fundraise-for-liz-cheney-at-vaccine-mandated-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fundraised<\/a> on behalf of recently vanquished Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney who was one of the token Republicans\u2063 on the House of Representatives\u2019 bogus \u2064Jan. 6 Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/02\/06\/what-does-mitt-romney-even-stand-for-an-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Does Mitt Romney Even\u200c Stand For? An Investigation<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noting Romney\u2019s absence\u2062 from Utah\u2019s last two Republican\u2063 conventions, Staggs\u200d said, \u201cMaintaining accessibility and connection [with] constituents\u201d is a major emphasis \u2062of his candidacy, while drastically reducing\u2062 federal spending and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-trent-staggs-the-mayor-working-to-primary-mitt-romney\/\" title=\"Introducing Trent Staggs, the Mayor challenging Mitt Romney in the primaries.\">scaling back federal regulation<\/a> would be focal points\u2064 of his tenure in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpending is [the] No. 1 issue that\u200b [Romney] hasn\u2019t \u2062taken seriously,\u201d the mayor said, stressing his support for a balanced \u200dbudget amendment being added\u2063 to the U.S. Constitution.\u2063 \u201cWe\u200c don\u2019t have a revenue \u200bproblem. \u200b\u2026 We have a spending problem,\u201d said Staggs.<\/p>\n<p>Staggs <a href=\"https:\/\/trentstaggs.com\/issues\/\">platform<\/a> also expresses\u2062 support for \u2064making sure\u2063 \u201ceducators work for parents \u200dand children, not the other way around,\u201d\u2063 purging the federal government of \u201cwokeness,\u201d making a\u200d \u201creturn to federalism\u201d wherein Western states will be able\u200d to \u2062reduce the\u2062 federal \u200cgovernment\u2019s presence and use their land as they see fit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scott-powell-world-war-iii-is-here-so-how-do-we-win\/\" title=\"Scott Powell: World War III Is Here, So How Do We Win?\">establishing energy independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having \u200dforsaken\u2064 the people he sought to serve, \u200bRomney has long prioritized\u200d the maintenance of the \u200dswamp\u2019s\u2063 status quo. Perhaps,\u2062 Utahns would\u200c be better served by someone who cares more about showing up than CNN appearances and writing NYT columns.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett is\u2062 a staff editor\u200d at\u200d The Federalist. His writing has been featured in the Daily\u200d Wire, Townhall, The \u2062American Spectator, and other\u2063 outlets. He is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. Follow him on Twitter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlenett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@smlenett<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n          <span>Visit on Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlenett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@smlenett<\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitt Romney, launching his 2018 U.S. Senate campaign, vowed to bring Utah&#8217;s values and lessons to Washington. He emphasized his commitment to fight for Utah, promising constituent representation, fiscal responsibility, and intellectual integrity. Consequently, Romney secured a seat in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1185,"featured_media":1986530,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/1986529","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\/1185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}