The former CIA officer is running for the Senate in 2022 as an independent and seeking common ground to defend American democracy.
McMullin pointed to Utah's"rough summer" and environmental issues in the state as well as other bread-and-butter issues that he said Washington needs to tackle.
McMullin said divisiveness"holds us back and it leaves us vulnerable to all kinds of challenges, whether it be a pandemic or a foreign adversary or, or whatever. So we just can't afford to do it to do that any longer." "And I think that that is a mistake. I think it's a mistake for the party and more importantly, it's damaging to the country. And I hope that the Republican party recommits to its own founding values, but also the fundamental ideals that are in enshrined in our Declaration of Independence," he said.McMullin hopes Republican leaders will take his advice but in the meantime, he's committed to fighting for American democracy.
"When I say that I'm an independent, what I'm saying is that I'm independent of the extremes," McMullin said."I'm independent of party bosses, independent of special interests, of the powerful special interests outside of Utah, but I am not independent, or will not be independent, of Utahns.
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