WASHINGTON — Utah's two U.S. Senators made dramatically different statements about the likely Republican nominee for president as Donald Trump spent a day meeting with members of Congress.

As President Pro-Tempore and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Orrin Hatch was in on Trump's meeting with Republican Senate leaders, and he told reporters after the meeting he "totally endorsed" Trump.

The night before, Senator Mike Lee answered questions in a so-called "tele-town hall," essentially a large conference call with constituents.

The Washington Examiner reporters Lee saying, "I have some concerns with him. He scares me to death; so does Hillary Clinton. There is no easy choice right now."

Hatch released this written statement, which is far more cautiously worded than his initial words of "total" endorsement: