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Mormons’ Distaste for Donald Trump Puts Utah Up for Grabs
NY Times ^ | August 9, 2016 | Alan Rappeport

Posted on 08/09/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT by C19fan

Donald J. Trump has vowed to turn blue states red in November, but as he continues to rattle Republicans with his combative style and provocative proposals, voters in some of the country’s most conservative strongholds are considering a radical idea: supporting Hillary Clinton.

The dilemma posed by this year’s choice of candidates is perhaps most apparent here in Utah, the mountain state that has not backed a Democrat for president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. More than 50 years later, a large Mormon population with a strong distaste for Mr. Trump has left the state up for grabs, and with a substantial Mormon presence spilling into places such as Arizona, Idaho and Nevada, what would normally be a Republican safe zone could be surprisingly competitive.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; mormons; nevertrump; trump; utah4alqaeda; utah4romneycare; utah4romneymarriage
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So we supported your guy, Romney, in 2012 but you are going to stab us in the back in 2016. This is the only time the Coastal Elites luv Mormons; when you are useful idiots.
1 posted on 08/09/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT by C19fan
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So sayeth the NY Pravda.


2 posted on 08/09/2016 11:38:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Taking my ball and going home🏈 Mitt, Beck, LDS
4 posted on 08/09/2016 11:38:48 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Don't argue with a Liberal. Ask him simple questions and listen to him stutter)
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If true, then mormons, stfu and embrace Hillary. Justify that one to your Kolob god.


5 posted on 08/09/2016 11:39:25 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Yeah, every good Mormon prefers the evil Mrs. Bill Clinton.

Bwa ha ha ha ha...


6 posted on 08/09/2016 11:39:40 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Hi JR. I used the word sayeth yesterday for the first time in years.


7 posted on 08/09/2016 11:39:58 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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Who is this “we” of whom you speak, FReeper person?

There has been NO Romney support from me since he set his minions upon Sarah Palin in 2008. Never will be. Argue with me at your own risk of disappointment.


8 posted on 08/09/2016 11:40:46 AM PDT by Resettozero
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9 posted on 08/09/2016 11:41:51 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Yeah, this explains why the most recent credible Utah poll has Trump up 12% over Hillary and Gary Johnson threatening to overtake her for second place.

Don't insult Pravda. They would at least dare criticize the politburo once in awhile.

10 posted on 08/09/2016 11:42:27 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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Shame on them if they can not vote Trump and vote for Hillary....with how she is against religious freedom, they are matching to their doom


11 posted on 08/09/2016 11:42:28 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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It has little to do with Trump.
The Mormon leadership is quietly telling followers to vote for Hillary.
I don’t know why but it has NOTHING to do with Ted Cruz.
Probably has everything to do with the CA gay shakedown of UT.
Pelosi and Reid are calling the shots on this one.


12 posted on 08/09/2016 11:42:59 AM PDT by Zathras
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NYT again.

Hey, let’s do a side by side of Clinton’s sins and Trump’s sins.

Dear NYT:

Who has killed, or has caused to be killed more people?

Clinton or Trump?

Methinks the Mormons will figure it out.

5.56mm


13 posted on 08/09/2016 11:45:02 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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I don’t see Utah voters voting for Hillary in large numbers, but do see how Johnson could run strong in Utah. However, Johnson will pull a lot of votes from Hillary, maybe even more than from Trump.

Keep in mind, it is Utah and they only have six Electoral College votes.

That’s a drop in the bucket and Trump will not need Utah as he could win, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Virginia and North Carolina.


14 posted on 08/09/2016 11:45:33 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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Magic Underoos Derrangement Syndrome (MUDS)


15 posted on 08/09/2016 11:47:08 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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...and Americans had a bad taste for their LEFTY Mormon in 2012....sheesh.


16 posted on 08/09/2016 11:49:26 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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The next Mormons that darken my doorstep will be told off.


17 posted on 08/09/2016 11:52:43 AM PDT by heights
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Morons: Cutting off their noses to spite their face. Trump will be a champion of religious freedom. Der Hildebeast will be a killer of religious freedom.

Folks, there needs to be a toxic waste cleanup program. The misinformation spewed out on the political landscape by egomaniacs like Cruz, Bush and Romney is being recycled by the Clinton machine. We need to neutralize the fuel they use to carry our nation into generations of socialist tyranny. To those Latter Day Saints, pay attention. They will attack the Constitution and your pride will be your undoing.

Proverbs 13:10: “Where there is strife, there is pride,
but wisdom is found in those who take advice.”


18 posted on 08/09/2016 11:54:16 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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“More than 50 years later, a large Mormon population with a strong distaste for Mr. Trump has left the state up for grabs, and with a substantial Mormon presence spilling into places such as Arizona, Idaho and Nevada, what would normally be a Republican safe zone could be surprisingly competitive.”

That doesn’t make any sense.

NY Times writers are morons.


19 posted on 08/09/2016 11:55:23 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Now this is hilarious! Four years ago being Mormon was like being in a Satanic cult. But today, NYT is best friends with the Mormons.


20 posted on 08/09/2016 11:55:31 AM PDT by jokemoke
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