Utah Rep. Trevor Lee didn’t just post a hot take on social media last week. He copy-pasted one straight from the white nationalist playbook and slapped his name on it.
And this wasn't a one-off. Lee, a Republican from Layton whose anti-immigration bills stalled during the 2026 session, has spent recent months borrowing vocabulary from the far-right fringe. Last week's X/Twitter post just happened to be the least subtle version yet.
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Today is the first day congressional candidates can file to run for the 2026 election. (3/9/2026)
8 days - Neighborhood caucus night. (3/17/2026)
33 days - Utah Forward Party nominating convention (4/11/2026)
48 days - Utah State Republican and Democratic State Party nominating conventions (4/25/2026)
107 days - Utah's 2026 primary election (6/23/2026)
239 days - 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)
974 days - 2028 presidential election (11/7/2028)
The post read, “Diversity isn’t our strength. It lowers your wages, marginalises (sic) your culture, increases your crime, fills your hospitals, occupies your housing, ruins your schools, consumes your taxes, tightens your laws, restricts your freedoms, endangers your children, and calls you racist.”
Diversity isn't our strength. It lowers your wages, marginalises your culture, increases your crime, fills your hospitals, occupies your housing, ruins your schools, consumes your taxes, tightens your laws, restricts your freedoms, endangers your children, and calls you racist.
— Trevor Lee (@VoteTrevorLee) March 5, 2026
X/Twitter post from Utah Rep. Trevor Lee
It would be easy to wave it off as an online tantrum or Lee self-soothing after his anti-immigration bills stalled during the 2026 session. But it wasn’t original—and it wasn’t harmless.
