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Cox talks data center — and says he’s not running for president — during wide-ranging interview
When The Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins kicked off his on-stage conversation with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday, he started out with a joke asking the governor when he would be announcing his run for president. Coppins, who also hosts a Deseret News podcast, pointed to Cox’s recently announced book, titled “Off Ramp: How to be a Peacemaker in An Age of Contempt” and quipped surely that must mean he’d be launching a bid for the White House “because that’s the only reason politicians write books.” As he’s said before, a smiling Cox said he’s “obviously” not ...