Bishop meets divided house at Layton town hall

LAYTON — U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop decried the 1.3 million acres swept into Bears Ears National Monument, defended Republicans' unsuccessful push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and denounced white supremacy Friday in front of a divided house 25 miles north of Salt Lake City.The evening town hall — the Utah Republican's third of the week — was punctuated with applause and whistles when Bishop said Utah could better manage its public lands and when a constituent asked what he'd do