Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman (R) said on Breitbart News Saturday that Gov. Spencer Cox (R) is more of a “Gavin Newsom 2.0” than a Republican.
Lyman hopes to unseat Gov. Cox, believing the current governor to favor Democrats more than the average Republican. Lyman said that Cox recently toasted Biden at the Gridiron Club dinner, an establishment dinner for national media outlets and correspondents.
“I don’t know why he has an R [Republican] next his name, honestly. In his state of the state address, it was like Gavin Newsom 2.0,” Lyman told Breitbart News Saturday host Matthew Boyle.
“It doesn’t resonate with Utah voters,” the Utah gubernatorial candidate said.
Lyman continued, “People are very confused by the governor, who thinks his job is do whatever President Biden wants and to fight Donald Trump. It’s bizarre.”
Lyman accused Cox of being aligned…
