Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox wants Latinos to feel welcome in Utah — and stressed that Tuesday before President Donald Trump’s national address pushing for a wall on the Mexican border, a fight at the center of the continued partial government shutdown.
It was the same day that the Utah Multicultural Affairs Commission met, which Cox co-chairs. And he made a point of telling its members from many races and nationalities that he will step up efforts to calm tensions with Latinos.
“It is a really toxic atmosphere right now,” he told them. “Regardless of how you feel about walls or no wall, the tone of what is being said out there certainly is not helpful for the members of the Latino community who are living here and who are so important to the state.