Utah Democrat fielding calls for resignation after saying he preferred a dead body to Trump

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Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is facing scathing criticism from Utah Republicans after he made a provocative social media post criticizing former President Donald Trump.

“Truly, a dead body is more competent than Trump to be president,” Gill posted to X on Saturday. “It would do exponentially less harm to our democratic republic and honor our ideals more.”

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