Fireworks at the Salt Lake County Democrats' Convention, AI picture brings attention to Trump's feud with the Pope

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent events at the Salt Lake County Democrats' Convention and President Trump's controversial AI-generated image related to his feud with the Pope.

It was a busy weekend for Salt Lake County Democrats, long-time DA Sim Gill scraping by to stay on the ballot and Sen. Kathleen Riebe dropping out of the hotly contested CD1 primary race. Panelists Taylor Morgan and Leah Murray join Lindsay to explain what this tells us about the state of the party heading into their state convention. Plus, President Trump posts and deletes an AI generated image that seems to depict him as a religious figure. We dig into what the post says about the president's approach to religious tension amid an increasingly more public feud with Pope Leo.

People in this episode

Host: Lindsay Aerts

Guests: Taylor Morgan, Leah Murray

Topics covered

• Salt Lake County Democrats
• CD1 primary race
• Trump and Pope feud
• AI generated image
• state convention

Keywords

• Salt Lake County Democrats
• Sim Gill
• Kathleen Riebe
• Trump
• Pope
• AI image
• politics
• state convention

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Organizations: Salt Lake County Democrats

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