Overview
- Gary Herbert and Mike Leavitt joined Gov. Spencer Cox at a Utah GOP event to call for more civility and respect in political discourse.
- Herbert criticized President Donald Trump’s Truth Social message that tied Rob and Michelle Reiner’s killings to so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome and questioned the lack of compassion.
- Rob and Michelle Reiner were found dead with stab wounds in their Los Angeles-area home, and their son, Nick Reiner, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
- Leavitt praised Cox’s leadership after the Charlie Kirk shooting and said Cox has become a spokesman for rational dialogue that many Americans want.
- Cox said the country needs “more of Utah,” pressed for accountability for social media algorithms that reward conflict, and denied he is running for president.