Utah Rep. Maloy offers tepid criticism of some White House spending cuts at town hall

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Updated 12:51 AM CDT, March 21, 2025

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy received applause at a Thursday town hall in Salt Lake City when she told the crowd she’s concerned about the country drifting toward authoritarianism “if we don’t get the executive branch under control.”

But the cheers turned to boos when she added those worries weren’t specific to Republican President Donald Trump.

“When Biden was president, I had the same concern,” she said, referring to former Democratic President Joe Biden.

Maloy’s comments summed up her careful approach to criticizing Trump throughout the event, which she held with Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy. The Utah lawmakers are among a handful of Republicans who have held public meetings against the recommendation of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who encouraged them to skip out after others drew protesters.



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[Javaman]

1. The carful words of a coward nt

[NotHardly]

4. Tepid representatives...the last thing any citizen needs.

[patphil]

3. She's doing her best to pretend she cares.

I see she took a swipe at President Biden, in an attempt to deflect even her tepid criticism away from Trump.
Her insinuation that Biden was moving to authoritarianism is both untrue, and irrelevant to Trump's rape of government agencies.

All of this was done to patronize her constituents. She thinks they're stupid, and all it would take was a few words to redirect their anger back onto Biden, and away from the Trump/Musk beast.

[NotHardly]

5. THIS ... she's a coward & suck up

[maxsolomon]

6. All these Repuke fucks have some Liberals in their districts.

Even in Momo-dominated SLC.

Probably the 1st time in their lives they've ever heard a contrary word from them.