A few months ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was one of the few prominent Republicans consistently keeping his distance from Donald Trump.
In this combination photo, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at the National Governors Association, July 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a town hall, Aug. 29, 2024, in La Crosse, Wis.. Cox did not vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020, and told CNN in July that he would not vote for him this year. The governor said the then-president's role in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol went too far.
The pair’s puzzling relationship was thrust into the spotlight again this past week when they put themselves at the center of a controversy at Arlington National Cemetery. After Trump’s staff had an altercation with a cemetery official, CoxCox's campaign issued a swift apology for politicizing the ceremony; Trump's has insisted it had permission to film in a restricted area.
The sudden embrace by Cox, who is up for reelection in a race not expected to be close, is not sitting well with some of the Utah moderates he had worked to win over. Karpowitz said he, too, was surprised by Cox's switch, and recalled thinking the governor's notion that Trump could be a unifying figure for the nation was “somewhat naive.” Like many in Utah, the professor said he found himself struggling to understanding why Cox might have thought backing Trump would help the governor politically.
Cox, a Latter-day Saint, said he believes God had a hand in saving Trump's life, even calling it a miracle.from many Democrats to drop out as they feared he might be unable to win reelection after his disastrous debate against Trump in June.
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