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While Utah burns, far-right conservatives criticize Gov. Cox’s “cartoonish” fireworks ban.
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Miss: Smoke and Mirrors It is never enough that people can’t breathe, people get sick, people lose their homes or—worst yet—people die. Conservative lawmakers are convinced that the wildfires decimating the west are just weather; wait a while and all will change.
To underscore that conviction, Gov. Spencer Cox has “temporarily” issued a fireworks ban until after July 4, even while he praised fire crews for “several miraculous stops and saves.” Did we mention that three federal firefighters have recently died during the infernos?
You might think the fireworks ban is a common-sense move, but not…
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