Salt Lake City, UT
Arrested Utah Senate Majority Leader, Sheldon Killpack was slated to speak to Senate Rebublicans along with the Governor Friday. But was previously arrested for DUI suspicion, leaving Sen. Wayne Niederhauser in his place.Just last year, Killpack sponsored two major pieces of legislation aimed at cracking down on drunk driving.
“It’s difficult as a legislator to be always there on the top of the stand for everybody to see and to look at and by no means are we perfect people,” said Neiderhauser.
Killpack’s collegues are not making any excuses for the arrest. And both sides of the aisle know the situation feeds public cynicism.
“I’m not sure how we’ll respond to that, but we’ll respond to it prudently, deliberately, and in the best interests of Sen. Killpakc and his family,” says Neiderhauser.