NEW DELHI — Utah state Rep. Matt MacPherson, R-West Valley City, sat down with the Deseret News while on a trade mission to India.

While on his trip, he made waves in Utah after he said he would file legislation to impeach 3rd District Judge Dianna Gibson, who had just issued a ruling throwing out a congressional map drawn by the Utah Legislature in favor of a map provided by nonprofit groups. The map includes a district that would likely ensure a Democratic congressional seat in Utah.

MacPherson and his wife Nicole had attended an Indian wedding earlier in the day and were still dressed in traditional Indian wedding clothes when he arrived at the hotel.

Following the judge’s ruling, which came in the middle of the day in India but close to midnight in Utah, MacPherson posted on social

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