Spencer Cox holds school choice hostage in Utah

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The abuses of power by teachers unions that have led to on-again, off-again shutdowns of schools for nearly two years have shown that school choice should be the top priority of the GOP and the country. Utah GOP Gov. Spencer Cox apparently didn’t get the memo.

Cox has promised to veto Utah’s school choice bill. He claimed to support the bill but said he will refuse to sign a school choice bill until teacher pay is increased. “When teachers are making $60,000 a year to start, I will fully support vouchers,” Cox said.

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