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Spencer Cox: “This goes back over 100 years where the chair toasts the…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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A Common Ground Forum with Governors Spencer Cox and Michelle Lujan Grisham

Published | Video Starts at 09:34

And we take turns every year. So I was the chair last year. Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado, is the chair this year. And so this, This goes back over 100 years where the chair toasts the president at the time, and it doesn't matter what party they're from. It happened again this year. A Democrat, Governor Polis, was able to toast President Trump. But there I was a year ago, and so it fell to me to give a toast to President Biden. (09:34–09:43)

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Asserts a tradition of bipartisan toasting by the National Governors Association chair.

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