Take 2

Take 2


Take 2 Podcast: McCarthy out, immigration, Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs

October 06, 2023

Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes & Maura Carabello


  • Speaker Of the House- McCarthy Out- Republicans in a mess with budget clock ticking
  • “Wholesale the whole group.” Greg Hughes on Congressional members including Utah’s Representatives after the vote to oust Speaker McCarthy.
  • Biden is Building the Wall: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday there is an "acute and immediate need" to build border wall in southern Texas.
  • Sharp pivot from what Joe Biden said in August of 2020 during his campaign: "There will not be another foot of wall constructed on my administration.
  • Riverton Mayor and US Senate Candidate says Utah is now a “Sanctuary State” after the Salt Lake ICE field office designated it as such.
  • Was Staggs used as a political pawn?
  • Immigration will likely be a campaign theme in the U.S. presidential race with a majority of Americans - 54% - agreeing with the statement that "immigration is making life harder for native-born Americans," a September Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

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