The persistent political influence of the Utah Eagle Forum and president Gayle Ruzicka was on full display on Saturday at the organization’s annual conference at Salt Lake Community College.
Republican lawmakers once feared the group for its ability to quickly mobilize members through its formidable phone calling tree. The advent of social media has dampened some of that power in recent years. Yet Ruzicka’s reputation has not waned during her 31-year reign leading the respected conservative organization. How else to explain five of Utah’s six members of Congress showing up to bend the knee at the event? Sen. Mitt Romney was the lone holdout.
Saturday’s event was an opportunity to connect with the pulsing Id of the Utah Republican base, which is why several current and former lawmakers, along with a handful of political hopefuls, were on hand.
There was plenty of political “red meat” on the menu Saturday, as the parade of speakers touched on many of the greatest hits from the cultural war that is flowing through our current political moment.
Attacks on vaccines and COVID denialism
Dr. Janci Lindsay, a toxicologist who has come under fire for falsely claiming the COVID vaccines cause infertility in women, treated attendees to a COVID misinformation tour de force. She dubiously claimed vaccines caused strokes, heart attacks and death and statistics about vaccine-related deaths were being purged from systems to hide that information from the public.
Lindsay also said hospitals were avoiding treatments for COVID like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin because they had a financial incentive to use therapies that she claimed killed people.
“People are afraid to even go into hospitals because they know they’re not using correct treatments. People go there to die. I hate to say that, but that’s what’s happening,” Lindsay said.
There is no evidence that either hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin is effective against COVID-19.
Lindsay also warned COVID vaccines damaged or destroyed immune systems, which is a key element to a conspiracy theory that the vaccines are part of a plot to depopulate the Earth. That is the same conspiracy pushed by former Entrata CEO Dave Bateman in a deranged email blaming “the Jews” for the vaccine-induced genocide.
Attendees gave Lindsay a standing ovation after her speech.
Park City business owner Doug Yeaman, a leader of the anti-vaccine mandate group “Utah Open for Business,” warned attendees against joining what he called “the religious cult of COVID.”
“The vaccine is the baptism, the mask is the sacrament, and Fauci is the leader,” Yeaman said.
Yeaman also claimed masks don’t work and scaremongered about vaccine passports, quoting Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s claim it is a totalitarian plot from the Democratic Party.
“That is not a conspiracy theory. That is quoting word for word Tucker Carlson,” Yeaman said.
False claims of election fraud
During his speech, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes railed against overreach and tyranny from the Biden administration, which was another favorite talking point.
“Biden is not a dictator!” Reyes said.
“And he’s not the president!” a member of the audience shot back to a round of applause from the crowd.
Reyes then pointed to the man and said, “There you go,” to an even larger round of applause.
Reyes appeared to walk his endorsement of the conspiracy theory that Biden is not the legitimate president back a bit, adding “I don’t know about that,” with a chuckle.
Reyes left the event before taking questions. His longtime adviser, Alan Crooks, denied Reyes was suggesting that Biden’s election was fraudulent.
“Sean repeatedly referred to Biden as ‘president’ throughout his speech,” Crooks said.
In the aftermath of the 2020 vote, Reyes traveled to Nevada to help Trump’s team investigate allegations of illegal votes. He claimed he had seen irregularities but had not revealed what he saw. Reyes also joined a lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General seeking to throw out votes in four states Biden won.
Rep. Chris Stewart asked the audience if they thought Republicans would regain control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections. To nobody’s surprise, they overwhelmingly believed that was a certainty.
“Easy peasy, if people will vote,” Stewart said.
As with Reyes, a comment came from the audience about the 2020 election being stolen. Instead of disputing that fact, Stewart indulged the falsehood by bringing up election integrity.
“Why would you ever do anything to assure the American people that an election is free and fair?” Stewart asked.
It is not the first time Stewart has suggested the 2020 election was not legitimate. He was one of 147 Republicans in the House who voted to throw out the election results from Pennsylvania based on no evidence of fraud.
Other speakers tackled hot-button issues of great import on the political right.
Rep. Burgess Owens attacked the teaching of critical race theory, which has become an all-purpose stand-in for how race, inclusivity and equity are taught in classrooms. He also touched on trans athletes participating in women’s sports.
“You now have biological men. All you have to do is say, oops, I think I feel like a woman right now. I’m going to go out and break every record a woman ever made and feel no shame,” Owens said.
Several predominantly Republican states, including Utah, limit or ban transgender girls or women from competing in female sports events. Owens blamed fathers who didn’t stop their sons from competing against women.
“What about the father who would sit there and let his son do that? It blows my mind that a dad doesn’t say if you want to compete, you compete against other boys and deal with it. You don’t steal the value of womanhood,” Owens said.
Rep. John Curtis, who launched the “Conservative Climate Caucus” to add a conservative voice to the climate debate, characterized the left’s focus on climate as an effort to dismantle capitalism.
“The liberal climate takeover isn’t about being good stewards over the Earth. It’s about social engineering. They don’t care about reducing pollution. It’s about attacking capitalism and controlling us,” Curtis said.
Rep. Blake Moore and Sen. Mike Lee discussed abortion and reproductive rights, a tremendously important topic for Ruzicka and her group. This year, the issue took on greater importance with the Supreme Court seemingly on the verge of delivering a significant win to the anti-abortion movement.
It would be a mistake to dismiss Saturday’s conference as nothing more than overheated rhetoric coming from the political fringe. Many of those ideas lead to action from policymakers. If you have ever wondered how some of these concepts become proposed bills in the Utah Legislature, look no further than Saturday’s conference.
For example, Yeaman is working with legislators on a bill to stop the use of vaccine passports, which he calls the “most threatening idea ever proposed in the United States.” Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, who spoke at the conference, plans legislation on election integrity that has its genesis in falsehoods about the 2020 vote. There also is legislation targeting transgender athletes and how race is taught in schools.
Ruzicka and her supporters can be a valuable ally, or formidable enemy, in electoral politics. Winning their endorsement can be a big help in securing the party nomination or fending off an intraparty challenger. The advent of the signature path for candidates to get on the primary ballot has diluted that influence, but the group still has tremendous pull among Republican delegates.
Consider Sen. Mike Lee, who was the first speaker on Saturday. He is facing what could be his most challenging election cycle this year. Republicans Becky Edwards and Ally Isom hope to force him into a primary election this year. Should he secure the GOP nomination, he will face independent candidate Evan McMullin along with the Democratic nominee. Even though Lee is the odds-on favorite to win a third term in Washington, every measure of support could be crucial ahead of November.
After Lee’s speech focused on the Constitution and fighting against tyranny, Ruzicka practically gushed about the two-term Republican.
“If there were any doubts, I think we know after that who we’re going to be voting for, right?” Ruzicka asked.
In response, the crowd applauded for Lee again, letting him know their marching orders had been received and accepted.
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It is important for people to talk to their doctors and take what precautions are best for them and their families.”"},{"_id":"VRZMJEWVWBAORIBOXTEYYRQFZY","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641519402226,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Stringham was selected as chair during the council’s regular Tuesday meeting. She was also one of two members who did not wear a mask, even as Dunn presented information about mounting COVID-19 infections in the county."},{"_id":"SFUCVFUVZFE57I57GTXHUDXMYM","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641519402228,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"That same day, county officials issued a public health advisory urging the public to take more serious pandemic precautions, including wearing masks indoors and outside, even for people who are vaccinated. Stringham urged the public to take the advisory seriously."},{"_id":"TTVCCUX6IJEBLKQRVX4J47RHAE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641599356933,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"State lawmakers limited the governor’s emergency powers and empowered county councils or commissions to overturn mask mandates through legislation last year. Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, and House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, issued a brief joint release late Friday in response to Salt Lake and Summit counties’ recent face covering requirements."},{"_id":"AQCLH2CU4BHVXBEAPLRCFX6DUU","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641599356934,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"“While we believe government mandates should be a last resort, we will review the recently issued orders,” the release said. “As other areas have experienced, we hope Utah’s current COVID-19 surge is temporary. We continue to encourage Utahns to get vaccinated and take precautions to keep themselves and those around them healthy without overwhelming our hospitals.”"},{"_id":"62G5HOYA5RAGBOBZZI4KQB7AKU","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641586292996,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"The Salt Lake County Health Department’s news release notes that the purpose of the health order is to protect the public and keep critical industries staffed, “not to hold someone criminally liable.” It urged business owners and other operators of public spaces to help enforce the mandate."},{"_id":"6CHSRKADK5AUHCFLC4SZIX4GBQ","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641576441389,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, a Democrat, also signed off on Dunn’s mandate. In a statement Friday, the mayor noted COVID-19 infections are at an all-time high in the county. She called on elected officials, community leaders and businesses to encourage residents to get vaccinated, boosted and don masks."},{"_id":"WK2TPDTVL5GADPSBYZW4YUSDMQ","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641576441390,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"“While it is encouraging that — thanks to vaccination — we don’t expect the general population to see as severe an illness as before,” Wilson wrote, “the rapid increase in total cases ... is putting tremendous strain on our hospital system.”"},{"_id":"UPITRBYUCJEDPDBMEOBUSW6COE","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641519402229,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"On Thursday, Summit County announced its own mask mandate for all public buildings until Feb. 21."},{"_id":"7A6PQIRFKBHORGKRCY2ALKKMWU","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641578232191,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"In her letter to the Salt Lake County Council, Mendenhall said a countywide mandate would offer more protection than a requirement in Salt Lake City alone."},{"_id":"SB2OZR65KBHKDPFVFHZ7IG5BM4","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641578232192,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"“Please do all in your power to protect our residents, our health care and front-line workers, and keep schools and businesses open by temporarily requiring masks in public spaces countywide,” the mayor wrote. “We all want a return to normal, and keeping as many people out of the hospital as possible is a very simple way to help us get there.”"},{"_id":"NNKVTPYEFBFTXNU6A6LGAIY3HI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641596496140,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"— Tribune reporter Jordan Miller contributed to this story."},{"_id":"SFUCVFUVZFE57I57GTXHUDXMYM","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641519402228,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"
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It may well be that only 1 in 10 cases is counted now."},{"_id":"YQOOYMC5ORGPHJMLUP7HOLTQYM","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779724,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Dr. Michelle Hofmann, deputy director of the Utah Department of Health, expects daily case counts to reach about 12,000 a day in Utah by month’s end — an estimate that seems reasonable but somewhat conservative to me."},{"_id":"NDAZTAIK5RBGRPP36EJRMYI4RA","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779725,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"If you look at what’s happening on the East Coast, those states are currently getting about 3,000 coronavirus cases a day per million residents on average, with spikes up to 5,000 or 6,000 on good testing days. Those states have more vaccination immunity than Utah but generally less history of previous infection. Have those states peaked? 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There haven’t really been conclusive apples-to-apples studies on omicron sensitivity across these various tests."},{"_id":"RONDDHHHWBA73DTATSS2WNVEZU","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779741,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"But there are things we do know about the at-home tests. First, at-home tests have been shown to have disappointing reliability in the early days of infection — especially before symptoms show up. In one study of 30 people who were being tested by both PCR and rapid daily for their jobs, the rapid test didn’t test positive until one or two days after the PCR test did. Those people were transmitting the virus in the gap during the time between the two tests."},{"_id":"XJ5P2WMYSBBLDLBJ7ZSLJ4LUDY","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779742,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Many of the leading manufacturers of at-home COVID tests report that their tests worked identically in identifying omicron cases to delta cases — picking up positives about 85% of the the time compared to PCR, just as they did before. However, the Food and Drug Administration’s data suggested that the at-home tests “may have reduced sensitivity” to omicron. Australian researchers found comparable results, and the FDA hasn’t released its data."},{"_id":"OA55LWNTWBD5NKPZZOLJ5E2YSQ","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779743,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"We also have pretty good data that says PCR tests are more effective more quickly with throat and saliva samples than nasal ones with omicron — perhaps a function of where it’s most likely to reproduce. Most of the at-home tests still ask you to swab just your nose. And despite the research, the FDA has asked people to still follow the nose directions, because they don’t have any data on how the tests work with the other samples. I’ve talked before about how I wish the FDA would adopt the clear direction of scientific studies earlier, and this is one such example, though I understand that it’s tricky to do with the multiples of tests out there."},{"_id":"O36CVL2JWFDYXJQGBDU6Z6GQ4M","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779744,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"What would my advice be in getting tested? First, if the situation is mission critical, it’s still best to do a PCR test at a testing facility, a list of which you can find at coronavirus.utah.gov. Right now, many of those facilities are experiencing delays in both appointment and turnaround times, so don’t be afraid to call around and ask what the current status is at each location to get results as quickly as possible."},{"_id":"6JQ3Y7Y6ZVERPIGP3BJM5B2MKI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779745,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"One option that cuts off the appointment-scheduling wait is Intermountain Healthcare’s self-serve tests. Essentially, you pick up the PCR test, swab yourself at your home or in your car, then drop off the sample at an Intermountain facility. Intermountain then emails you the results. Those results still may take over 24 hours to receive, but it may be the quickest or most convenient option for people who can’t make an appointment work."},{"_id":"PYCDZZHUVNCZDCM7QQE5OGOPPA","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779746,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"If results will just take too long on those tests, then rapid tests may be your only choice. Those have been difficult to find recently."},{"_id":"2SF2K6RYZZC3JAGDSVDVVFL3XI","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779747,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Online product trackers like NowInStock track when online retailers have various tests in stock to ship to your door. I recommend watching that site and stocking a couple of them in advance of getting sick. Then you’ll have the tests when you need them."},{"_id":"6MZCF555DNCAHOHON56QL33SKQ","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779748,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"What if you can’t wait for them to be shipped? I recommend going to the websites of big retailers like Walmart, Target and CVS to see what stores have which tests in stock on shelves. As of this writing, Walmart and Target had no tests in stock, and CVS didn’t have any tests available close to me in Salt Lake City — but if I drove out to their West Valley City or West Jordan locations, they had them on shelves."},{"_id":"KTWVQDUGWVCTBHGN4LOSH5U65A","type":"text","additional_properties":{"_id":1641504779749,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"Of course, in-store stock tracking is never perfect, and please be nice to the employees at pharmacies, retail stores and testing facilities if they aren’t able to meet your needs. 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To build trust with students, some said, university administrators still need to do more to make up for the punitive culture around Honor Code enforcement — as well as religious messaging that can make it difficult for victims to recognize abuse and seek justice.","type":"text"},{"content":"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long faced scrutiny specifically for how it addresses sex, chastity, gender, and abuse, and how that affects victims of sex crimes.","type":"text"},{"content":"But behind all of that, several victims said, are more fundamental teachings about sin itself — messages that can encourage victims to interpret feelings of guilt as a spiritual prompting to repent.","type":"text"},{"content":"Self-blame already is a near-universal trauma response among abuse survivors, explained Julie Valentine, a dean in BYU’s nursing school and longtime sexual assault nurse examiner.","type":"text"},{"content":"“This is not just religious culture,” Valentine said. “... This is a full culture shift that we need to strengthen in our education. We tell people, ‘You need to take responsibility for your actions,’ and this is embedded in their minds, so when they become victimized, they immediately go to, ‘What did I do?’”","type":"text"},{"type":"image"},{"content":"Multiple survivors told The Tribune that response was amplified by church teachings about repentance — an emphasis that came at the expense of healing, or even recognizing that assault had occurred.","type":"text"},{"content":"And at BYU, where 98% of students are Latter-day Saints and religious classes are required to graduate, victims may hear more about chastity, worthiness and purity than about consent.","type":"text"},{"content":"“The climate and culture of BYU is so particular,” noted a BYU law student who said she was sexually assaulted about a year and a half ago. “In conversations about sex generally, there’s so much shame involved; amplify that by 10 when it’s sexual assault. ... With so much fear we put around sex ... [BYU has] a responsibility toward their students to be offering free, on-campus resources that are much more robust.”","type":"text"},{"content":"“I didn’t trust it.”","type":"header"},{"content":"For a 2019 graduate, BYU’s policy changes came after she said she was assaulted — but possibly not too late for support or justice.","type":"text"},{"content":"The woman, like Sai, said she was a new freshman when she was assaulted in 2015, just months before a series of Tribune reports showed the university was investigating, and sometimes expelling, sex assault survivors for breaking the dress code, visiting hours, rules against drinking and drugs, a ban on same-sex dating, and the school’s chastity requirement.","type":"text"},{"content":"After BYU announced sex assault survivors would have amnesty under the Honor Code, the woman said, she considered reporting her year-old assault. The man might attack someone else, she worried.","type":"text"},{"content":"She also was suffering panic attacks, and her anxiety was interfering with her schoolwork. College Title IX offices, which are tasked with protecting students from sex discrimination at school, often help students secure deadline extensions, safer housing and other accommodations when they report an assault, so they can continue their schooling.","type":"text"},{"content":"And BYU’s sweeping policy changes had included the restructuring of its Title IX office, where staffers had been providing details from students’ assault complaints to the Honor Code Office, for investigations against the victims. After 2016, the two offices were separated and restaffed, and the Title IX office is generally required to keep victim information confidential. A separate, survivor advocate’s office also was created.","type":"text"},{"content":"But those reforms came only after months of exhaustive media coverage and at the suggestion of a committee the school created several weeks after the first reports of victim discipline surfaced publicly. BYU initially denied that students were investigated as a result of reporting assaults and asserted that the Title IX and Honor Code offices operated separately.","type":"text"},{"content":"As the 2019 graduate considered the risks of reporting her freshman-year assault, she weighed what seemed to her like BYU’s reluctance to relent in its enforcement of the Honor Code. Would the same school honor its promise of amnesty, she wondered, or would its priority be to find some loophole, some excuse to scrutinize her?","type":"text"},{"content":"“I didn’t trust it,” she said, echoing Sai’s words verbatim, “especially because they dragged their feet on even making that change.”","type":"text"},{"content":"‘A positive sign of trust’","type":"header"},{"content":"BYU has worked to gain the confidence of students who have been assaulted, said Carri Jenkins, spokesperson for the university. Its Title IX Office has placed posters discussing amnesty and confidentiality in nearly all campus buildings, she wrote in a statement.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Any time we hear of a student who may be hesitant to report an incident of sexual assault,” she wrote, “we are concerned.” And, Jenkins said, “we are seeing a significant increase in reports of sexual harassment by victims, which leads us to believe that our efforts are making a difference.”","type":"text"},{"content":"BYU wouldn’t disclose the number of sexual misconduct reports received since 2016. But it said the volume jumped by 400% in the year after the amnesty provision was created — and has continued to increase since then.","type":"text"},{"content":"“We view this as a positive sign of trust that students have in our Title IX process,” Jenkins wrote, “and a willingness to report incidents of sexual harassment.”","type":"text"},{"content":"But that trust was not universal, said a 2020 graduate who asked to be identified as Kay. Kay described being assaulted by a teaching assistant in 2017, after the school had promised amnesty.","type":"text"},{"content":"Kay also did not report the assault — even though TAs aren’t supposed to date their students. Kay, who is nonbinary, said they acquiesced to physical contact only because they were afraid of lotg the TA’s help in a difficult class. The man became frighteningly angry, they said, when Kay refused to perform a sex act and urged him to “watch a video” instead.","type":"text"},{"content":"Kay said the next time they asked the TA for help in class, he refused and threw Kay’s own words back: “Watch a video.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Kay ended up withdrawing from the class — exactly the outcome Title IX was created to avoid. Reporting the TA seemed like too much of a risk, Kay said, even with amnesty.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I just still had this lingering fear: What if this is all just kind of a ruse to get more people turning themselves in for doing things that broke the Honor Code?” said Kay, who also was afraid of Honor Code attention for being nonbinary. “I was feeling ... constantly under surveillance, even when I didn’t have anything [to investigate]. Paranoia was underlying a lot of the ways I interacted with the Honor Code.”","type":"text"},{"content":"An overshadowing focus on repentance","type":"header"},{"content":"For Kay, that fear of punishment mingled with a feeling of self-blame, which is a common coping mechanism after trauma. Victims often find solace in believing they can prevent it from recurring in the future, explained Julie de Azevedo Hanks, a Salt Lake County therapist and owner of Wasatch Family Therapy.","type":"text"},{"content":"But some assault survivors said church teachings further intensified their focus on their own conduct and possible need to repent — a theme that has carried into BYU’s disciplinary practices.","type":"text"},{"content":"Students punished under the Honor Code have said they were assigned readings that exhort them to confess their sins “without the slightest minimizing of the offense, or rationalizing its seriousness, or soft-pedaling its gravity;” one reported being told that “the Spirit wanted you to get caught.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Church members are routinely interviewed by clergy about their conduct and beliefs, to ascertain their worthiness to enter the faith’s temples. Fully participating in church activities and ordinances without having repented for sins can be seen as another violation of sacred promises — which can heighten the urgency of identifying and confessing sins, especially sexual sins.","type":"text"},{"content":"“There’s the three biggest sins in Mormonism: The first is apostasy, and the next two are murder — and right below murder is sexual sin,” Kay said. “Those big sins are the ones where God can’t forgive you without you turning yourself into the bishop first. You’re essentially expected to.”","type":"text"},{"content":"So that’s what Kay did after being assaulted. “I felt dirty,” Kay said. “I felt really guilty and I felt really gross, and this is a sign I need to go talk to a bishop.”","type":"text"},{"content":"The bishop didn’t report Kay to the Honor Code Office or withdraw the student’s BYU endorsement (annual clergy endorsements are required for students to enroll at the school). But he did forbid Kay from taking the sacrament — similar to weekly Communion — and withdrew their temple recommend.","type":"text"},{"content":"“That was just another level of achiness,” Kay said, which came as a bit of a surprise, since they had expected to feel relief. Church leaders often speak of repentance as a healing process, the surest way to ease the turmoil of guilt — and “it really does make some people feel better,” Kay said.","type":"text"},{"content":"When repentance didn’t soothe Kay’s anguish after the assault, they concluded they just hadn’t been sorry enough for their sin. What if they were “soft-pedaling its gravity?” Each sexual contact, Kay felt, had to be accounted for.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I felt like, even though every step of the way I didn’t want to, I had to tell myself, ‘I made this choice,’” Kay said. “I didn’t feel ‘repentant.’ Even then, I feel like I knew what I did wasn’t wrong. But that’s not the way I told the bishop. I felt like I didn’t feel bad enough for it. I guess that’s why I had to go to a bishop, just to shame myself, to feel bad enough about it.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Sai described a similar urge to “put all of the guilt on yourself. … Then it kind of feels like you have a little more agency.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Sai said they began self-harming after being assaulted.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I didn’t want to be in my skin anymore,” Sai said. “There definitely was an aspect of punishing myself physically for what happened. … I felt like, ‘OK, if I’m feeling this bad about it, it must be because I did something wrong and the only way to atone for that is to suffer more.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Christopher Moore, a church spokesperson, reiterated the church’s position that, “though victims may have feelings of shame or guilt, they are not guilty of sin. Leaders ... help them understand the healing that comes through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”","type":"text"},{"content":"And BYU, Jenkins said, “aligns its policies with The Church of Jesus Christ’s doctrine and teachings on sexual abuse, which clarifies that victims of sexual abuse are not responsible for the actions committed against them and do not need to repent for those actions.”","type":"text"},{"content":"For Kay, though, the feeling of guilt was precisely what stopped them from identifying as a victim in the first place. And their desperate quest for the promised relief of repentance pulled them even further away from recognizing the TA’s behavior as assault — much less reporting him.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I wasn’t even going to consider what the person who assaulted me did,” they said. Therapy seemed irrelevant; Kay had been taught that feelings of guilt were the Spirit prompting repentance, not a sign to seek mental health care.","type":"text"},{"content":"That belief, described by multiple survivors, “can even back up one more step: Negative feelings are from Satan,” Hanks said.","type":"text"},{"content":"“So if I’m feeling bad, it must be because I’ve done something bad or I am bad. That’s a signal. It’s framed that way,” Hanks said. " ... When you funnel all uncomfortable dark feelings as a result of sin or personal weakness or Satan or whatever, it’s rarely talked about that you may be being abused if you feel that way.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Both Sai and Kay said they were so consumed with processing their own potential fault that, for a long time, they entirely overlooked the clearest element of assault: They both had told their attackers “no.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Cultural pressures on consent","type":"header"},{"content":"The Honor Code requires students to “live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from any sexual relations outside a marriage between a man and a woman.”","type":"text"},{"content":"But it doesn’t specify which acts exceed the bounds of chastity. And as romantic touching escalates, students said, it can pose nerve-wracking questions in BYU’s dating environment — where “going too far” can be an expellable offense, but where students may also feel pushed to find a romantic partner as soon as possible.","type":"text"},{"content":"“In Mormonism ... the nuclear family is the basis of the whole system: You’ve got to get into a straight relationship and make a perfect family,” Kay said, “so you can go to the highest part of heaven.”","type":"text"},{"content":"The pressure was on, Sai said.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Right now, I think the culture in the church is, ‘You’ve got to date, you can’t say no to a date, you can’t say no to being asked out, you can’t say no, you have to [give them a chance],’” Sai said. “Some wards [congregations] would do this thing where they would randomly assign you to go on dates, or if someone in the ward thought you would be cute with someone else, they could submit you to go on a date. It was an activities committee thing.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Kay also said they were advised not to refuse romantic invitations, starting in high school.","type":"text"},{"content":"“You’re in church classes with these 16-year-old girls and being told, ‘It’s really hard for guys to ask girls on dates because they’re afraid of getting rejected, so you should give them at least one chance, go on at least one date with them,” Kay said. “Otherwise, that’ll hurt their feelings.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Neither church doctrine nor BYU policies “in any way teach that women must … ‘affirm men’s overtures to them and give them a chance on dates,’” Jenkins said in response to a Tribune query.","type":"text"},{"content":"But members say it’s still a theme in church activities and culture — and that message rang in Kay’s ears, they said, when the TA suggested going to a movie together and he placed his hand palm up on the armrest.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I took his hand because I was thinking, ‘This is what I was supposed to do, so I had to do it even though I had never considered this person a romantic interest, and he was my TA,” Kay said. “At BYU, if you’re hanging out one-on-one, everything is tinged with, ‘What is the other person’s intention?’ and feeling pressure to reciprocate that.”","type":"text"},{"content":"That continued as he drove Kay to an overlook to make out, Kay said. And it wasn’t clear to Kay whether anything that happened crossed the Honor Code’s line. It “was all kind of firmly in that gray area,” Kay said. “The Honor Code is pretty vague about some things.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Kay sensed that the TA would feel rejected if they said no to touching in the gray area — and making men feel rejected was a thing Kay had learned women should not do.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Up until the night of being assaulted, I never explicitly said ‘no’ to any moves he was making,” Kay said. “I just silently obliged to them all.”","type":"text"},{"content":"But when he suddenly took things much further, Kay said, they froze.","type":"text"},{"content":"“His response — he felt bad about it, but he mostly felt bad for himself,” Kay said. “‘Aaaugh, I made you uncomfortable, oh no, that was really s----y of me.’ He was overly beating himself up to the point that I was really apologizing to him.”","type":"text"},{"content":"But not long after that, Kay said, the TA tried the same thing again.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I had just expressed, ‘I don’t want to go any further,’ and I was crying,” Kay said. “But I just was constantly being met with ... stuff like, ‘That’s not nice that you’re leading me on,’ and all this stuff about how it was so inconsiderate of me.”","type":"text"},{"content":"The TA also had tried to move their contact to a place that was “really breaking Mormon temple covenants,” Kay said. “This is no longer just a gray area anymore.”","type":"text"},{"content":"But when the TA refused to help Kay in class after that refusal, Kay said they tried to make amends.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I just knew, ‘If I do anything that upsets him, that could be serious trouble for this class — and possibly my safety. ... I’m going to have to just go along with what he wants from now on. I can’t say no anymore,’” Kay said. “I still struggled throughout the whole process.”","type":"text"},{"content":"Kay kept seeing him for about a week.","type":"text"},{"content":"“He was spinning things as, he’s the victim, so I had to comfort him because he was just inconsolable unless I completely told him, ‘Everything’s OK, I’m fine,’” Kay said. “I didn’t want to keep seeing him, but I felt really guilty. In Mormon culture, you have to be a ‘nice’ person, but what that really means is that I felt bad there was someone harboring ill will against me.","type":"text"},{"content":"“... I didn’t realize at the time that I had been assaulted. Even after ending things with him, I tried apologizing to him.”","type":"text"},{"content":"By the end, Kay couldn’t tell where the guilt was coming from: the sex acts, the TA’s wounded reaction to the breakup or the trauma response.","type":"text"},{"content":"What can be done?","type":"header"},{"content":"A page on the church’s website poses the question, “What if I think the abuse is my fault?”","type":"text"},{"content":"“You are not responsible for what happened,” it answers. But the same paragraph links to a General Conference address with a more complicated response:","type":"text"},{"content":"“The Lord may prompt a victim to recognize a degree of responsibility for abuse,” states the late apostle Richard G. Scott. “Your priesthood leader will help assess your responsibility so that, if needed, it can be addressed. Otherwise the seeds of guilt will remain and sprout into bitter fruit.”","type":"text"},{"content":"That language, Hanks said, reinforces the likelihood that victims will mistake their abuse response for a spiritual prompting to repent.","type":"text"},{"content":"And parsing through each moment leading up to a sexual assault, to apportion “responsibility,” is likely both unrealistic and deeply harmful for someone who is in the aftermath of trauma, she said. “If you’re an abuse victim, that can be such a trigger for a downward spiral into shame,” Hanks said.","type":"text"},{"content":"It also can divert survivors from a crucial part of healing and justice, she said: “Actually putting the guilt on the person it belongs to.”","type":"text"},{"content":"If sexual assault survivors volunteer that they feel guilt, Hanks said, “a trained professional needs to be involved in the healing process.”","type":"text"},{"content":"But at BYU, students said, trained professionals to help sexual assault victims are not always easy to come by.","type":"text"},{"content":"The campus counseling office, known as CAPS, seldom has appointments available immediately, students said — a problem at many universities, said Valentine, the nursing school dean. She served on the committee that recommended BYU’s 2016 reforms.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I was wait-listed for four to five weeks,” said the law student, who said she sought counseling after being assaulted in 2020. “And they cap you at seven sessions per semester,” which amounts to one or two visits per month.","type":"text"},{"content":"Jenkins noted that CAPS “always has crisis counselors available same-day for urgent needs” but at times helps students seek counseling off campus “if they are in need of care beyond what is provided at CAPS.”","type":"text"},{"content":"The survivor advocacy office, created as part of BYU’s 2016 reforms, also connects victims to off-campus therapists and to one student therapy group, the law student said, “but it fills up fast.”","type":"text"},{"content":"There should be no shortage of care, she said. “Not, ‘Oops, you didn’t make it on the list in time.’”","type":"text"},{"content":"The law student said she wanted to start her own campus victims’ group — not an assault awareness and education group, which already exists, but a community group for survivors themselves, to compare notes on getting support, learn about one another’s experiences, and simply to socialize and know they’re not alone.","type":"text"},{"content":"The law student said she approached the survivor advocates’ office in search of a staff adviser for the group. But employees in that office were “very discouraging about my idea,” she said.","type":"text"},{"content":"“It was too much of a liability if someone were to get triggered or have a negative response,” the law student said. “They said they couldn’t take on the liability for a club like I was suggesting.”","type":"text"},{"content":"The law student found the reaction baffling.","type":"text"},{"content":"“So I can’t trust the school to care enough about me to invest in appropriate resources because they are afraid they’ll be liable? BYU owes it to their students to take care of them,” she said. Especially, she added, because so many victims face additional struggles under cultural and religious norms that BYU itself has promoted on campus.","type":"text"},{"content":"At the very least, Hanks believes, BYU and the church need to explicitly acknowledge that sexual assault may pose a significant contradiction to things students have learned about feelings of guilt and spiritual promptings to repent. Simply repeating “victims aren’t at fault for abuse” is not enough, Hanks said, to head off the risk that victims will confuse a common trauma response with a call to repentance.","type":"text"},{"content":"Especially, Valentine added, because so many people who are assaulted — of any faith tradition — do not immediately identify themselves as victims in the first place.","type":"text"},{"content":"More education on consent could help BYU students recognize assault and might even prevent some sexual violence, Kay said. Sai agreed but said consent education should occur in church itself — and that it should receive at least as much emphasis as the importance of pairing up does.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I strongly feel the best venue for that would be in the [male] priesthood and [female] Relief Society lessons,” Sai said, “to teach about consent and about healthy relationships, with physical touch in your relationships.”","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"ealberty","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/cf96815d-b8c9-4330-b9d3-fb7c188f5f9f.png"},"name":"Erin Alberty"}]},"display_date":"2022-01-10T13:54:56.089Z","headlines":{"basic":"Here’s why these BYU students say they didn’t report sexual assaults even after Honor Code reforms "},"last_updated_date":"2022-01-10T14:11:43.475Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hundreds of students gathered at Brigham Young University in April 2019 to oppose how its Honor Code Office investigates and disciplines students. BYU in 2016 promised amnesty from Honor Code punishment to students who reported being sexually assaulted, but protesters said BYU’s disciplinary processes remained punitive and prosecutorial.","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sltrib/HMUR4K3KJZGXDJYG6DRTAPS6GM.jpg"}},"publish_date":"2022-01-10T14:11:42.848Z","subheadlines":{"basic":"Punitive culture around Honor Code enforcement and religious messaging can make it difficult for victims to recognize abuse and seek justice."},"taxonomy":{"primary_section":{"_id":"/news","name":"News","parent_id":"https://www.sltrib.com/","path":"/news"},"sites":[{"name":"News","path":"/news"}],"tags":[{"description":"staff-produced religion stories","slug":"local-religion","text":"local religion"},{"description":"Put stories behind the paywall.","slug":"paywall","text":"Paywall"},{"description":"Sends an app alert for the story,","slug":"breaking-news","text":"Breaking News"}]},"website_url":"/news/2022/01/10/heres-why-these-byu"},{"_id":"XXA4KSHB2BCF7IAXMBNUA5YGLI","canonical_url":"/news/politics/2022/01/10/eagle-forum-conference","content_elements":[{"content":"The persistent political influence of the Utah Eagle Forum and president Gayle Ruzicka was on full display on Saturday at the organization’s annual conference at Salt Lake Community College.","type":"text"},{"content":"Republican lawmakers once feared the group for its ability to quickly mobilize members through its formidable phone calling tree. The advent of social media has dampened some of that power in recent years. Yet Ruzicka’s reputation has not waned during her 31-year reign leading the respected conservative organization. How else to explain five of Utah’s six members of Congress showing up to bend the knee at the event? Sen. Mitt Romney was the lone holdout.","type":"text"},{"content":"Saturday’s event was an opportunity to connect with the pulsing Id of the Utah Republican base, which is why several current and former lawmakers, along with a handful of political hopefuls, were on hand.","type":"text"},{"content":"There was plenty of political “red meat” on the menu Saturday, as the parade of speakers touched on many of the greatest hits from the cultural war that is flowing through our current political moment.","type":"text"},{"content":"Attacks on vaccines and COVID denialism","type":"text"},{"content":"Dr. Janci Lindsay, a toxicologist who has come under fire for falsely claiming the COVID vaccines cause infertility in women, treated attendees to a COVID misinformation tour de force. She dubiously claimed vaccines caused strokes, heart attacks and death and statistics about vaccine-related deaths were being purged from systems to hide that information from the public.","type":"text"},{"content":"Lindsay also said hospitals were avoiding treatments for COVID like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin because they had a financial incentive to use therapies that she claimed killed people.","type":"text"},{"content":"“People are afraid to even go into hospitals because they know they’re not using correct treatments. People go there to die. I hate to say that, but that’s what’s happening,” Lindsay said.","type":"text"},{"content":"There is no evidence that either hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin is effective against COVID-19.","type":"text"},{"content":"Lindsay also warned COVID vaccines damaged or destroyed immune systems, which is a key element to a conspiracy theory that the vaccines are part of a plot to depopulate the Earth. That is the same conspiracy pushed by former Entrata CEO Dave Bateman in a deranged email blaming “the Jews” for the vaccine-induced genocide.","type":"text"},{"content":"Attendees gave Lindsay a standing ovation after her speech.","type":"text"},{"content":"Park City business owner Doug Yeaman, a leader of the anti-vaccine mandate group “Utah Open for Business,” warned attendees against joining what he called “the religious cult of COVID.”","type":"text"},{"content":"“The vaccine is the baptism, the mask is the sacrament, and Fauci is the leader,” Yeaman said.","type":"text"},{"content":"Yeaman also claimed masks don’t work and scaremongered about vaccine passports, quoting Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s claim it is a totalitarian plot from the Democratic Party.","type":"text"},{"content":"“That is not a conspiracy theory. That is quoting word for word Tucker Carlson,” Yeaman said.","type":"text"},{"content":"False claims of election fraud","type":"text"},{"content":"During his speech, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes railed against overreach and tyranny from the Biden administration, which was another favorite talking point.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Biden is not a dictator!” Reyes said.","type":"text"},{"content":"“And he’s not the president!” a member of the audience shot back to a round of applause from the crowd.","type":"text"},{"content":"Reyes then pointed to the man and said, “There you go,” to an even larger round of applause.","type":"text"},{"content":"Reyes appeared to walk his endorsement of the conspiracy theory that Biden is not the legitimate president back a bit, adding “I don’t know about that,” with a chuckle.","type":"text"},{"content":"Reyes left the event before taking questions. His longtime adviser, Alan Crooks, denied Reyes was suggesting that Biden’s election was fraudulent.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Sean repeatedly referred to Biden as ‘president’ throughout his speech,” Crooks said.","type":"text"},{"content":"In the aftermath of the 2020 vote, Reyes traveled to Nevada to help Trump’s team investigate allegations of illegal votes. He claimed he had seen irregularities but had not revealed what he saw. Reyes also joined a lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General seeking to throw out votes in four states Biden won.","type":"text"},{"content":"Rep. Chris Stewart asked the audience if they thought Republicans would regain control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections. To nobody’s surprise, they overwhelmingly believed that was a certainty.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Easy peasy, if people will vote,” Stewart said.","type":"text"},{"content":"As with Reyes, a comment came from the audience about the 2020 election being stolen. Instead of disputing that fact, Stewart indulged the falsehood by bringing up election integrity.","type":"text"},{"content":"“Why would you ever do anything to assure the American people that an election is free and fair?” Stewart asked.","type":"text"},{"content":"It is not the first time Stewart has suggested the 2020 election was not legitimate. He was one of 147 Republicans in the House who voted to throw out the election results from Pennsylvania based on no evidence of fraud.","type":"text"},{"content":"Other speakers tackled hot-button issues of great import on the political right.","type":"text"},{"content":"Rep. Burgess Owens attacked the teaching of critical race theory, which has become an all-purpose stand-in for how race, inclusivity and equity are taught in classrooms. He also touched on trans athletes participating in women’s sports.","type":"text"},{"content":"“You now have biological men. All you have to do is say, oops, I think I feel like a woman right now. I’m going to go out and break every record a woman ever made and feel no shame,” Owens said.","type":"text"},{"content":"Several predominantly Republican states, including Utah, limit or ban transgender girls or women from competing in female sports events. Owens blamed fathers who didn’t stop their sons from competing against women.","type":"text"},{"content":"“What about the father who would sit there and let his son do that? It blows my mind that a dad doesn’t say if you want to compete, you compete against other boys and deal with it. You don’t steal the value of womanhood,” Owens said.","type":"text"},{"content":"Rep. John Curtis, who launched the “Conservative Climate Caucus” to add a conservative voice to the climate debate, characterized the left’s focus on climate as an effort to dismantle capitalism.","type":"text"},{"content":"“The liberal climate takeover isn’t about being good stewards over the Earth. It’s about social engineering. They don’t care about reducing pollution. It’s about attacking capitalism and controlling us,” Curtis said.","type":"text"},{"content":"Rep. Blake Moore and Sen. Mike Lee discussed abortion and reproductive rights, a tremendously important topic for Ruzicka and her group. This year, the issue took on greater importance with the Supreme Court seemingly on the verge of delivering a significant win to the anti-abortion movement.","type":"text"},{"content":"It would be a mistake to dismiss Saturday’s conference as nothing more than overheated rhetoric coming from the political fringe. Many of those ideas lead to action from policymakers. If you have ever wondered how some of these concepts become proposed bills in the Utah Legislature, look no further than Saturday’s conference.","type":"text"},{"content":"For example, Yeaman is working with legislators on a bill to stop the use of vaccine passports, which he calls the “most threatening idea ever proposed in the United States.” Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, who spoke at the conference, plans legislation on election integrity that has its genesis in falsehoods about the 2020 vote. There also is legislation targeting transgender athletes and how race is taught in schools.","type":"text"},{"content":"Ruzicka and her supporters can be a valuable ally, or formidable enemy, in electoral politics. Winning their endorsement can be a big help in securing the party nomination or fending off an intraparty challenger. The advent of the signature path for candidates to get on the primary ballot has diluted that influence, but the group still has tremendous pull among Republican delegates.","type":"text"},{"content":"Consider Sen. Mike Lee, who was the first speaker on Saturday. He is facing what could be his most challenging election cycle this year. Republicans Becky Edwards and Ally Isom hope to force him into a primary election this year. Should he secure the GOP nomination, he will face independent candidate Evan McMullin along with the Democratic nominee. Even though Lee is the odds-on favorite to win a third term in Washington, every measure of support could be crucial ahead of November.","type":"text"},{"content":"After Lee’s speech focused on the Constitution and fighting against tyranny, Ruzicka practically gushed about the two-term Republican.","type":"text"},{"content":"“If there were any doubts, I think we know after that who we’re going to be voting for, right?” Ruzicka asked.","type":"text"},{"content":"In response, the crowd applauded for Lee again, letting him know their marching orders had been received and accepted.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"bschott","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/d116c567-15c2-4250-914c-638eb5af4458.png"},"name":"Bryan Schott"}]},"display_date":"2022-01-10T13:00:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"Eagle Forum conference helps inject fringe ideas into Utah’s political mainstream"},"last_updated_date":"2022-01-10T13:00:01.016Z","promo_items":{"basic":{"caption":"(Bryan Schott | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes chats with Rep. 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One board of directors member and the community member rotate from year to year.","type":"text"},{"content":"Michelle Quist","type":"header"},{"content":"Joining the Editorial Board this month as the new community member is Michelle Quist.","type":"text"},{"type":"image"},{"content":"Michelle has been involved in law and politics for over 20 years. She is also a commercial litigator and appellate attorney at Holland & Hart in Salt Lake City. She has been a Utah Republican Party county and state officer, is on a number of court-related committees, is a Utah State Bar Commissioner and volunteers for various community organizations and boards.","type":"text"},{"content":"She is no stranger to The Tribune or to the Editorial Board, having worked here as an editorial writer in 2017 and 2018 and continuing as a contributing columnist.","type":"text"},{"content":"Michelle replaces former community board member A. 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He is also a member of The Salt Lake Tribune’s Board of Directors.","type":"text"},{"content":"He takes the Editorial Board slot of Holly Mullen, who remains on the Board of Directors.","type":"text"},{"content":"The continuing members of The Editorial Board are:","type":"text"},{"content":"Paul Huntsman, chair","type":"header"},{"type":"image"},{"content":"Paul purchased The Tribune and became its publisher in 2016, and remains the chairman of its board now that the newspaper has become a nonprofit. He is president of Huntsman Family Investments, and serves on a number of other nonprofit and corporate boards. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.","type":"text"},{"content":"Lauren Gustus, executive editor","type":"header"},{"type":"image"},{"content":"Lauren joined The Tribune in December of 2020, coming from The Sacramento Bee, where she was editor of that newspaper, a member of its editorial board, and oversaw nine other West Coast newsrooms owned by The McClatchy Co. She was an assistant sports editor for The Tribune from 2004 to 2007 and has overseen newsrooms in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Reno, Nevada. A native of Massachusetts, she has a degree from Pepperdine University in Southern California.","type":"text"},{"content":"George Pyle, opinion editor","type":"header"},{"type":"image"},{"content":"George’s career at The Tribune began in 2002 as an editorial writer and he became editorial page editor in 2017. Before that he worked for a series of community newspapers in Kansas, starting in 1978, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing in 1998. He was born in Kansas City, Mo., and has a degree in journalism from Wichita State University.","type":"text"},{"content":"Tim Fitzpatrick, senior director of public outreach and operations","type":"header"},{"type":"image"},{"content":"Tim has filled a variety of roles at The Tribune in a career that began 44 years ago, including copy boy, reporter, editor, editorial page editor, deputy editor and executive vice president. He has a degree in physics from Utah State University and an MBA degree from the University of Utah.","type":"text"},{"content":"Members of the Editorial Board shape the official views of The Salt Lake Tribune, represented in the editorials labeled “Our View.” It’s members also meet with office-holders, candidates, public officials and others to gather information that informs those editorials.","type":"text"},{"content":"The Tribune is Utah’s leading independent voice, promoting truth, transparency, community building, fairness and the voice of the people. Along these lines, we aim to strengthen our democratic institutions, governance, voter awareness and participation in our state’s future.","type":"text"},{"content":"Contributions to The Tribune opinion pages from other members of the community are welcome. Commentary pieces, exclusive to The Tribune, can be sent to gpyle@sltrib.com. We ask that they be no more than 700 words and include a recent photo of the author. 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In all, federal prosecutors accused Curtis of embezzling at least $9.5 million from clients since 2008, fraudulently diverting funds from at least 22 different trusts.","type":"text"},{"content":"He pleaded guilty in November to charges of wire fraud and money laundering.","type":"text"},{"content":"Curtis will remain in jail until at least Tuesday, when a hearing is scheduled on the alleged violations. Federal prosecutors on Friday declined to comment about the case.","type":"text"},{"content":"“We hope that we can address these on Tuesday and that the judge will allow him to be released again with the condition that he follow through with everything he’s supposed to do,” Skordas said.","type":"text"},{"content":"FBI agents along with U.S. Marshals arrested Curtis while he was shopping at a Walmart, Skordas said. His car remains in the parking lot.","type":"text"},{"content":"“I think everyone’s trying to get his attention,” Skordas said. “I’m certain that this has accomplished that.”","type":"text"},{"content":"A federal prison sentence of just over six years was recommended in Curtis’ plea agreement. His sentencing hearing is slated for March 15.","type":"text"}],"credits":{"by":[{"_id":"smesch","image":{"url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/sltrib/bea214d7-7656-4f6b-8ebf-995c5e93f1c4.png"},"name":"Shelley K. 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Long an outspoken proponent of term limits, in 2017 Lee went so far as to sign a formal pledge to pass legislation that would limit House members to three two-year terms and senators to two six-year terms. And yet, he is now running for a third term.","type":"text"},{"content":"Utah deserves better.","type":"text"},{"content":"Here are the top five reasons why Mike Lee must be voted out in 2022:","type":"text"},{"content":"1. As referenced above, he, himself, believes senators should serve for only two terms. According to Mark Ward, a delegate to the 2010 Utah state Republican convention, “Lee promised the delegates, and later the voters, that unlike Bennett, [he] would keep his two-term promise.” In a post on his own website in 2017, Lee wrote that those who oppose term limits seek to “increase the power of Washington elites at the expense of everyone else.”","type":"text"},{"content":"2. He refuses to listen to his constituents. The nonpartisan advocacy organization I founded in 2017 represents thousands of Lee’s constituents, and yet we were never able to secure a meeting with him. We met multiple times with Sen. Mitt Romney, with Rep. John Curtis and with every other member of the Utah delegation — but Lee could never be bothered. Both his attitude and his voting record suggest that he really doesn’t understand or care about the things that concern and affect most Utah residents.","type":"text"},{"content":"3. He has shown himself to be a political opportunist. Lee presents himself as a great defender of the Constitution, but over the past few years, he has been willing to overlook blatant attacks on the Constitution if it somehow benefits his partisan agenda or political aspirations. Over and over, he has been willing to compromise his principles in pursuit of personal power. As just one example, he strongly denounced Trump after the release of the Hollywood Access tape in 2016 and went so far as to call on him to drop out of the race. But after Trump won, Lee quickly changed his tune and became one of Trump’s most loyal supporters. He even voted to acquit Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and opposed the formation of the Jan. 6 commission.","type":"text"},{"content":"4. He has a troubling record as an obstructionist. In 2012, he vowed to block every judicial and executive branch nomination by President Barack Obama, for no apparent reason beyond partisan spite. In 2016, he was one of only two senators to vote against the opioids bill; in 2021, he pledged to oppose all of Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees (and was one of only two senators to vote against the nomination of Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense); and perhaps most egregious of all, he alone blocked an effort to establish Smithsonian museums for women and Latinos in 2020 — a measure that otherwise had unanimous bipartisan support in the Senate.","type":"text"},{"content":"5. Finally, he leverages his religion for political gain. Who can forget that infamous and cringe-worthy moment at the rally in Goodyear, Arizona, in 2020 when, in an attempt to appeal to his fellow Latter-day Saints, Lee compared Trump to Captain Moroni.","type":"text"},{"content":"Fortunately, Utah voters have a choice. Here are the top five reasons why Republican Becky Edwards, former state legislator, should replace Mike Lee:","type":"text"},{"content":"1. She has a wealth of legislative experience and would bring a fresh perspective to Washington D.C., but has no desire to be a career politician. Edwards served in the Utah Legislature for 10 years, representing House District 20 (Davis County). Well-respected as a lawmaker by her colleagues on both sides of the aisle, Edwards is known as a listener and a problem solver with a record of addressing the issues that mattered most to her constituents (health care, education, affordable housing, clean air, etc.) and finding common-sense solutions.","type":"text"},{"content":"2. She listens to constituents and works for them, not her own agenda. As a state legislator, she hosted weekly “Bagels and Briefings” at her home where she would sit with constituents, listen to their concerns, and brainstorm solutions. Then she would get to work. You can read about some of her legislative successes here. As a candidate, she is traveling the state with a yellow couch from her home where she sits and visits with the people of Utah and hears their concerns.","type":"text"},{"content":"3. Her life experience is rich and filled with service to others, including as a mother and grandmother, a marriage and family therapist, a community and school volunteer, a state legislator and a humanitarian missionary in American Samoa. The research clearly shows that better decisions are made and better policies implemented when women are at the table. It’s long past time for Utah to have a female senator in Washington, D.C.","type":"text"},{"content":"4. She is a unifier. She is warm, collegial, respectful, hard-working, kind, understanding and persuasive. We are all fed up with the divisiveness and hyper-partisanship that leads to gridlock in Washington. Becky knows how to work with others to get things done.","type":"text"},{"content":"5. Her integrity is unassailable. 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