What Do Nate Blouin’s Old Social Media Posts Mean for State Democrats? 87%
4/21/2026, 4:18:02 PM
Topics: Democratic Party, Congressional Race
BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 36.3% saturation with 58 hits. Analysis detected 323 faulty-reasoning hits from 160 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 80.6% and a BS Rank of 87% (2,215 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 86.80% of the article peer group.
In the posts, Blouin ridiculed the LDS faith, mocked domestic violence, and threatened physical assault.
He has since apologized, but the fallout comes as a recent campaign poll shows him running second in the Salt Lake County race, behind centrist candidate and former U.S.
Representative Ben McAdams.
The moment now tests whether Blouin can retain his status as a leading voice among the state’s progressive Democrats.
Political reporters Sean Higgins and Robert Gehrke are among our guests to discuss the consequences of Blouin’s crude online posts and the ideological tensions within the Utah Democratic Party.
GUESTS
Robert Gehrke is a politics and government reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune.
Sean Higgins is a KUER politics reporter and co-host of the podcast “State Street.”
Gabi Finlayson is a senior partner at Elevate Strategies, a Democratic political consulting firm.
Mitchell Vice is the chair of the Utah State Progressive Caucus.
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