Gov. Cox's Trump endorsement highlights effort to bridge Utah GOP divide

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Around the same time Cox joined Trump in a visit to Arlington National Cemetery in August, Cox determined he would embark on a listening tour to sit down with some of his fiercest detractors and listen to their concerns.
55% : "But the key difference is that he's now willing to listen, and he's willing to work with Trump to find that common ground and to really create a platform or an agenda moving forward that we can coalesce behind.
53% : In an interview with the Deseret News on Wednesday, Cox said his priority is to make the same appeal he did to Trump to Utah Republicans here at home.
47% : By reaching out to Trump, Cox said he aimed to continue to spread Utah's brand of civil discourse by bridging divides within the GOP.
35% : But Trump wasn't the only Republican critic Cox reached out to in recent months.
17% : "But following Cox's unexpected endorsement of Trump, which Thorderson called an "olive branch" to Trump, Thorderson penned his own letter to Cox, describing delegates' feeling of dismissal after the state GOP convention and his desire to "talk out our differences."

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