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What to Expect When You're Expecting Fascism

A field report from inside the Utah GOP’s underground bunker and a blueprint for how we beat them.

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Elevate Utah
May 19, 2025
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What Utah's GOP convention taught us – Deseret News

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Welcome! You’ve made it to the part of the year where the Utah Republican Party reminds us that they’re less of a political party and more of a panic room. Last Saturday was the Utah GOP’s state convention. A once-a-year gathering where they should be setting the strategy for you know, running the state, and coming together. But this weekend’s GOP convention wasn’t a strategy session for winning hearts and minds, it was a loyalty test, a bunker drill, and a group therapy session for people terrified of voters.

But here’s the thing: their chaos is our opportunity.

Today, we’re going to unpack what really went down at the convention, what it tells us about the current state of the GOP, and most importantly, what we’re going to do about it.

Because while they’re busy tightening the hatch, we’re building exits. While they cling to one man, we’re betting on three million Utahns. And while they spin out, we’re organizing in every corner of the state, they’re too scared to knock.

So yes, the Utah GOP’s convention was unhinged. But it also told us exactly what they’re afraid of and exactly where we dig.

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