Staggs had criticized Romney for voting towards President Trump within the impeachment trial.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, Utah, for a U.S. Senate seat at present held by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah).
“A Extremely Profitable Entrepreneur, who has served brilliantly as Mayor of Riverton for the previous six years, Trent is aware of the best way to Create Jobs, Cease Inflation, Develop the Financial system, and Safe the Border. As your subsequent Senator, Trent will assist us Unleash American Vitality, Help our Navy/Vets, and Shield our always-under-siege Second Modification,” he added.
“Trent Staggs has my Full and Complete Endorsement—He might be a GREAT Senator, and by no means allow you to down!”
“Proper now, Washington is damaged. And each time we compromise, it prices us trillions. We now have extra IRS brokers than border brokers. And whereas we’re paying $4 a gallon for fuel, they’re sending our cash unchecked to Ukraine. Now we’re virtually $32 trillion in debt. Sufficient is sufficient,” Mr. Staggs mentioned on the time.
He criticized Mr. Romney for voting towards President Trump within the impeachment trial. “The one factor I’ve seen him battle for are the institution, wokeness, open borders, impeaching President Trump, and placing us even deeper into debt.”
Mr. Curtis and Mr. Wilson have gathered signatures and are certified for the first race. Mr. Wilson is a identified supporter of President Trump.
Backing Mr. Staggs
Along with President Trump, Mr. Staggs was additionally endorsed by different conservatives, together with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).
“Right here in Utah, delegates from every neighborhood are tasked with finding out, studying, and vetting candidates. They take their job severely. It’s not about cash. It’s about concepts. They see by means of darkish cash pacs and discover reality,” he wrote.
“It’s this course of that makes it doable for a neighborhood mayor like myself to have an opportunity towards far wealthier and way more well-known candidates. In a rustic the place in elections, cash means all the things, Utah has a system that promotes grassroots.”
Again in 1913 when the Federal Revenue tax was created, “it exempted what would now be the primary $91,000 of revenue and capped out at a high marginal charge of seven % for what can be incomes larger than $15 million right now,” in line with his marketing campaign web site.
Nonetheless, at current, not solely is the revenue taxed by the federal government, but in addition property, investments, and inheritance handed on to youngsters.
“The federal authorities has grown a lot that it now requires greater than 25 % of the common American’s revenue. We now have overpassed the freedoms our founders envisioned. The tax ranges that led to the revolution have been a fraction of what we at the moment are paying,” it says.
“Your labor is your property. As a mayor, I’ve fought to decrease each tax and charge I can get my arms on—and I will do the identical as your Senator.”
He additionally promised to be the “woke’s worst enemy,” calling it a “false faith” that ought to don’t have anything to do with the American authorities. Mr. Staggs additionally backs sturdy immigration guidelines.
The GOP mayor vowed to battle for “Utah’s power independence every single day,” noting that if the federal authorities have been to “get out of the best way,” the USA wouldn’t need to import oil from the Center East.
“No American anyplace ought to settle for the crippling of home power that we’ve seen since 2021—actually not within the identify of hysterical environmentalism.”