Trevor Lee (politician)

Lee graduated from Davis High School (Utah) and has a degree from Weber State University.

Lee was a sponsor of HB77,{{Cite web|date=2025-03-29|title=H.B. 77 Flag Display Amendments|url=https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0077.html}} a bill that Lee said "would ban Pride flags from schools" and local government buildings, while

allowing Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in Utah classrooms for educational purposes.{{Cite web |last=Limehouse |first=Jonathan |title=Utah bill would ban Pride flags in public schools but allow Nazi flags for educational use |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/14/utah-ban-pride-flags-schools-government-buildings/78610732007/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330113944/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/14/utah-ban-pride-flags-schools-government-buildings/78610732007/|archive-date=2025-03-30}}Flag Display Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH. https://le.utah.gov/Session/2025/bills/introduced/HB0077.pdf{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Vanessa |date=2025-03-01 |title=Bill to ban pride flags from Utah schools advances to Senate |url=https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/03/01/critics-decry-government-overreach-bill-to-ban-pride-flags-from-schools-advances/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Utah News Dispatch |language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329172912/https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/03/01/critics-decry-government-overreach-bill-to-ban-pride-flags-from-schools-advances/|archive-date=2025-03-29}} The bill became law without Gov. Spencer Cox's signature and will go into effect May 7, 2025. The law places responsibility for enforcement upon the state auditor.{{Cite web | website=CBS News | date=2025-03-28 | title = Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-lgbtq-pride-flags-ban-government-schools/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250331235646/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-lgbtq-pride-flags-ban-government-schools/ | archive-date=2025-03-31}}

Lee was a co-sponsor on the 2025 HB81{{cite web | date=2025-03-27|title=H.B. 81 Fluoride Amendments|url=https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0081.html|language=en}} bill that banned fluoride in public water systems.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-10 |title=Utah will be the first state to ban fluoride in drinking water |url=https://apnews.com/article/fluoride-ban-drinking-water-utah-559d92736f1958ff5d109071fa85f5b5 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=AP News |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327162553/https://apnews.com/article/fluoride-ban-drinking-water-utah-559d92736f1958ff5d109071fa85f5b5|archive-date=2025-03-27}} This law will make Utah the first state to ban fluoride in drinking water. The bill was opposed by the American Dental Association. Opponents of the bill noted that research has found that water fluoridation prevents about 25% of tooth decay,{{Cite web | date=2024-05-15 | title=CDC Scientific Statement on Community Water Fluoridation | url=https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/about/statement-on-the-evidence-supporting-the-safety-and-effectiveness-of-community-water-fluoridation.html | access-date=2025-03-31 | website=Center for Disease Control | language=en | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324032128/https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/about/statement-on-the-evidence-supporting-the-safety-and-effectiveness-of-community-water-fluoridation.html | archive-date=2025-03-24}} and warned that the bill may disproportionately affect low-income residents.

In 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Lee was behind a Twitter account that promoted election and coronavirus conspiracy theories and attacked women and LGBTQ individuals.{{Cite web | date=2022-09-23|title=GOP candidate Trevor Lee ran a secret Twitter account that attacked LGBTQ people and Utah Gov. Cox. Now he’s been rebuked by Republican leadership.|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/09/23/gop-candidate-trevor-lee-ran/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305232542/https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/09/23/gop-candidate-trevor-lee-ran/ | archive-date=2025-03-05}} These events occurred after Lee had previously made transphobic comments and used a slur for transgender people on a Utah podcast, for which he had apologized and "erased it from [his] vocabulary."{{Cite web | website=The Salt Lake Tribune | url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/04/29/republican-candidate-utah/ | title=Republican candidate for Utah Legislature made transphobic comments on a conservative podcast | date=2022-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325003724/https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/04/29/republican-candidate-utah/ | archive-date=2025-03-25}}

Trevor Lee lives in Layton, Utah with his wife Kaitlin and their four children.{{Cite web |title=Voter Guide| url=https://www.davisjournal.com/2024/05/31/493337/voter-guide| date=2024-05-31 | website=The City Journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241012223631/https://www.davisjournal.com/2024/05/31/493337/voter-guide | archive-date=2024-10-12}}

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