Learn more

Just hours after a deadly tanker ship crash that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge over Baltimore Harbor, a Utah Republican is sure he knows what really caused the disaster. According to Utah news site KSL, state Rep. Phil Lyman of Blanding, who is challenging incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, suggested in a post on X that the problem was caused by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives — a policy that has been subject to frequent attacks from the right. Replying to a post by the Young Conservatives Federation, which had asserted that Port of Baltimore Commissioner Karenthia A. Barb…

cuu