SALT LAKE CITY — The United States government is less than a month away from a government shutdown and the two leading candidates for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District seat both said they support a bipartisan solution — at least to a point — during a debate Thursday night.
Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe and Republican Celeste Maloy squared off at the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus Thursday night ahead of next month’s general election to replace former Rep. Chris Stewart.
Riebe, who has run as a fiscal moderate and received an endorsement from the fiscally responsible Blue Dog Democrats, said she would never support a shutdown.
When asked by reporters if she was advocating for using the threat of a shutdown as a tool to cut spending, Maloy said “I don’t think that’s what I was trying to advocate, I was advocating reducing spending.”
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Written by BRIDGER BEAL-CVETKO, KSL.com.