Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-Utah) informed a packed Salt Lake Metropolis city corridor Thursday evening that she is anxious concerning the nation careening towards authoritarianism “if we don’t get the executive branch under control.”
However she stated her considerations aren’t tied to President Trump’s return to workplace or directed on the grievances the city corridor attendees lobbed at her and Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-Utah) throughout their practically hourlong occasion.
“When Biden was president, I had the same concern,” she stated.
Attendees, some waving indicators, ceaselessly interrupted the duo, urgent for readability over the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape authorities by drastically reducing the federal workforce and packages.
“We are not going to get out of the situation we’re in financially without all of us feeling some pain,” Malloy informed the group at one level.
Maloy, 43, was elected to the Home in a 2023 particular election to switch Republican Chris Stewart, who stepped down after a decade within the seat, citing his spouse’s well being points. Maloy, who previously labored for Stewart, received her first full time period final yr. She is a member of the Home Appropriations Committee.
Home Republican leaders have suggested members towards holding public boards due to current protests prompted by President Trump’s first two months again in workplace, particularly modifications applied by the Division of Authorities Effectivity.
