Rep. Trevor Lee is defending a controversial social media post featuring a group of Muslims in Taylorsville and thinks the public is getting unnecessarily riled up about it.
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — A social media post by Utah Rep. Trevor Lee featuring a group of Muslims walking the streets of Taylorsville has prompted backlash from some and a call from a national Muslim civil rights group for the lawmaker to meet with community members.
</p><p>"It is important for elected officials to know and understand all segments of their constituencies. We encourage Rep. Lee to take up the Muslim community on its offer to meet with them and build greater understanding," Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement Wednesday. The council said leaders of the Alrasool Islamic Center in Taylorsville have invited Lee and other lawmakers to meet with them.</p><p>Lee, for his part, said that he's open to the idea. "If they want to invite me to something, yes, I can make time. I'm more than happy to sit down and talk with them. I just don't know what for," said the Layton Republican.</p><p>At the same time, he expressed a measure of exasperation over the <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/51111441/it-felt-islamophobic-utah-muslims-speak-out-over-post-from-utah-lawmaker" rel="follow" target="_blank">attention and responses</a> generated by the <a href="https://x.com/VoteTrevorLee/status/1828098675932807640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembe
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