I'm not sure that is even the case. When school went back into session the next fall Herbert was still the governor. Cox didn't take office until January 2021, so all the masking, quarantine junk that the new school year brought in was still under Herbert. Of course Cox was in the administration, but he was not calling shots.
And wasn't a lot of the policies in schools up to the individual school districts at that point? I can't remember everything exactly or the timelines...heck, I don't want to remember all that...but I seem to recall different school districts having different regulations until the legislature passed some laws in the 2021 session prohibiting certain things. (Which Cox signed as governor, I'm not mistaken.)
Listen, I don't care who likes Cox or not. I'm not advocating for that. I am one that thinks if we are going to debate details, that the details matter and we should have accurate information in the debate. That is my only purpose for posting what I have above. Just providing the context and hopefully accurate information to the discussion.
What I am confident in, however, is these stupid delegates that are acting like clowns will only cut their own throats with this behavior. It has been shown over and over again the state delegates do NOT represent the republican electorate in Utah at all. This one may be the straw that breaks the camel's back that makes that very strong majority step up and force these clowns back to the shadows of irrelevancy where they belong.
To have a party convention where a large number of delegates boo one of our own and make threats against kids because they're wearing a name on a shirt we don't like is beyond embarrassing. That sure takes a tough man to do that, no doubt!