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The Truth About Evan McMullin – And Why I Am So Disappointed in My Mormon Friends
The Conservative Path ^ | 10/19/16 | Stacy Stine

Posted on 10/20/2016 11:56:16 AM PDT by azcap

The Truth About Evan McMullin – And Why I Am So Disappointed in My Mormon Friends For Falling For This
                I challenge any Evan McMullin supporter to tell me what they knew about Evan McMullin a year ago. Unless you are one of maybe a hundred people who ran into him at your ward picnic, the answer is nothing. That’s my answer and I am a huge political junkie. To the dismay of my family I can rattle on about all sorts of obscure politicians and behind the scenes players who influence elected politicians, but for the life of me I couldn’t have told you a thing about Evan McMullin... because he was a nobody.
                McMullin worked for the UN for a bit. He worked for the CIA for 10 years – doing what? He can’t really tell us much….“It’s secret.” He worked for the bankers at Goldman Sachs for a few years…. “His work was private.” And then he went to work for the Republican House Conference where he did… well he can’t really say…“it’s confidential.”
                On his Facebook page for the three years prior to running for President, he never posted about social issues, economic, or domestic issues. He says now he is personally against gay marriage but thinks the Supreme Court's decision is fine and wants to move on. Summer 2016 rolls around and political outsider Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination and suddenly Evan McMullin is the 3rd party choice of establishment Republicans from the Bush and Romney families and of the Wall Street donor wing of the GOP.
                I have been a Republican since I first registered to vote. I have worked with hundreds of Republican campaigns going back 20 years, I have served in party office here in Arizona. I have always supported Republican candidates but I will be the first to tell you that there are a lot of dirty Republicans. The reason so many people look at politics today and say there is no difference between the Republican and the Democrat on their ballot is because all too often it’s true.
                There is a powerful and established section of the Republican leadership (elected officials, party members, big donors) who do not support the values of grassroots conservative Republicans. They are bought and paid for by large corporate interests. They seek the approval of the liberal media, academia, and Hollywood. They support open borders, amnesty for illegal aliens, free trade even when it’s not in most Americans’ best interest, gay marriage, abortion, euthanasia, and a plethora of foolish wars and bad foreign policy.
                These Republicans are terrified that if Donald Trump is elected president there will be major shakeups in Washington. He will shine a light on the dark backroom deals that have resulted in policies like Obamacare, The failed war in Syria, and 20 trillion dollars in debt. The livelihoods of their wealthy corporate backers are on the line and with that their own power and perks in Washington. For that reason they would rather see Hillary Clinton become president than Donald Trump. They feel like they can work with Hillary.
                So enter Evan McMullin, Crony Capitalist Spoiler. No one in the world including Evan McMullin believes Evan McMullin is going to be elected President. What the corrupted Republican establishment and the Clinton campaign hope is that he will keep Donald Trump from getting to 270 electoral votes and thus guarantee a Hillary presidency.
                But How? Enter the Mormon Suckers. I am proud to be a Mormon so it pains me to say what I am about say. When the GOP Establishment Never Trumpers and their Clinton allies went looking for a 3rd party spoiler they needed someone with a constituency of sheeple who would follow him regardless of the obvious logical outcome (President Hillary.)  There were plenty of Republican politicians who had lost to Trump in the primary or who had foregone a run in 2016 and didn’t like Trump much or were outright hostile to him, but not a one of them would put their name on the line and be the fall guy who put Hillary in office. So plan B – find a weak-minded demographic and create a leader for them.
                I know a lot of Mormons. Most of them are Republicans. Most of them are pretty conservative Republicans. A good number these days still vote Republican but are registered independents because they support more conservative or Tea Party values than they see in the current Republican Party. There are great Mormon conservatives serving in DC and in state offices throughout the country. Mormons are proud to point out that Utah is the State where Bill Clinton didn’t just lose, he got 3rd place in the 1992 presidential election.
                The LDS Church does not endorse candidates. The LDS Church leadership does however strongly encourage it members to be informed, to be involved, to vote and to serve. The Mormon demographic is overwhelmingly pro-life, pro-family, anti-communist, and protective of the Constitution they believe was divinely inspired. So how do you get these folks to throw an election to Hillary Clinton, someone whom most of them revile? It’s a complex but straightforward sociological scheme. In addition to being hardworking, God fearing, Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball loving Americans, Mormons are also some of the biggest suckers in the nation.
                Utah leads the nation in financial fraud schemes. Anti-Mormon critics like to point out the huge amount of Ponzi schemes, real estate fraud, and stock swindles and say it is because Mormons are sneaky, greedy liars.  Make no bones about it. Like in any community there some bad apples and Utah has its fair share. In that fair share there are plenty of Mormons but Mormons are no more criminal than most, in fact statistically they are quite a bit less criminal than the average American. But the real reason that Utah frauds are so successful is not that the conmen are any wilier than a Baptist or Catholic conman. It’s because they have a highly homogenous market of overly trusting people. They want to believe you’re a good person and they want to help out the good person.
                In 2016 that good person is Evan McMullin. The Never Trumpers couldn't talk Romney into another run, or Huntsman or any Mormon politician you had ever heard of.  So they created Evan McMullin from thin air and Goldman Sachs receipts. Evan is a good member of the Church. Mormons are tight knit and like to support their own, hence Mitt Romney's 93% win in the 2012 Utah primary despite the fact the many Utah Republicans had more in common politically with Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum.
                So here comes the conman’s pitch – “Evan is a good man, he’s one of us, you don’t have to vote for dirty nasty Donald Trump who has been divorced twice, who swears a lot, who won’t apologize when he hurts people’s feelings.” This is where not all, not even most, but a sadly sizeable number or Mormon patsies reach for their wallet, or in this case their ballot.  They've been told and sold that by voting for Evan they don’t have to shed their values and principles. They don’t have to choose the lesser of two evils. But that is the lie that the Evan McMullin candidacy is built on, because in 2016 you do have to choose between one of two people who will be the next President: Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. A vote for anyone but Trump helps Clinton to move ahead and to defeat Trump.
                A Hillary Clinton presidency is one where she will most likely appoint three Supreme Court Justices. They will be radical liberals. They will stand against everything political that good and faithful Mormons believe in. They will gut the 1st, 2nd, and 10th Amendments. They will force all Christians denominations to have gay clergy and to perform gay weddings in their churches or temples.  They will bring back abortion on demand at any time during the pregnancy, paid for by taxpayers, performed in church owned hospitals, performed by Christian doctors who will be forced to do so or lose their license. Euthanasia will be the law of the land, not just for the terminally ill and elderly but for handicapped and unwanted children.
                Did you imagine 20 years ago that gay marriage would be legal in all 50 states, mandated by liberal judges despite the sentiment of voters? Did you imagine you would be forced to buy overpriced and underperforming health insurance or be fined by the government? And these things came about with a Supreme Court that was evenly split between conservatives and liberals. Hillary’s new liberal Court will steamroll the America you once knew. You won’t recognize it anymore.  Her tried and failed economic policies of higher taxes and more spending will eventually bankrupt our nation. Her support for wars and conflicts not in our interest will bleed the best of our youth.
                This is an election with dire consequences. Donald Trump is no saint, Latter Day or otherwise, but he loves America, he respects the rights of Christians, he has vowed to appoint judges who will protect life, the rights of churches, the rights of gun owners and our Constitution as it was written. It's OK to vote for Donald Trump.  Read Dennis Prager's excellent article ‘In Defense of Pro-Trump Christians,’ and then join the millions of other Christians who will be voting Trump to save our country from the terrible alternative. Most of the Mormons I know are voting Trump but you can and should be more vocal about it. You need to let your friends and neighbors know that it's OK. You need to encourage the less likely voters to go the polls and you need to keep them from the conman.

                Please Mormons don’t get suckered into the Con of the Century.


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KEYWORDS: antitrump; evanmcmullin; goldmansachs; mcmuffin; mcmullin; mormons; mormonvote; nevertrump; scotus; un; unitednations
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1 posted on 10/20/2016 11:56:16 AM PDT by azcap
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To: azcap

If you were to sum up this situation in 40 words or less... what does it mean?


2 posted on 10/20/2016 11:58:49 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: azcap

Some of the strongest Trump supporters I know are Mormons but at the same time I am about to hurl from looking at some of my Mormon friends Evan McMuffin facebook posts. The polls showing UT in play are as realistic as the ones that show TX in play- LIBERAL FANTASY - Trump will carry UT by teens at least but it is hurting the reputation of Mormons within the conservative movement.


3 posted on 10/20/2016 11:59:44 AM PDT by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: NEMDF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPG0jk_uxNc

Evan will give us 4 years of this,


4 posted on 10/20/2016 12:00:00 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: NEMDF

40 words or less - McMullin is a tool of the GOP elite and their Clinton allies. They needed a voting block of patsies and picked Mormons because they can easily sold a bill of goods about voting their conscience instead of reality.


5 posted on 10/20/2016 12:02:20 PM PDT by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: azcap

I know a few Mormons and at least a couple are ones that I would bet the farm on voting conservative.


6 posted on 10/20/2016 12:04:03 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: azcap

what excuses do the Mormon suckers give? DNC talking points?


7 posted on 10/20/2016 12:06:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: azcap
http://media.wix.com/ugd/3bebb2_98fe8b3559f64960a573ecad7dc22ec9.pdf
Emerson says Egg McMuffin leads
8 posted on 10/20/2016 12:10:02 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: azcap

I dont understand the logic.

I’m catholic and you couldn’t get me to vote for Cuomo if a gun was pointed to my privates.


9 posted on 10/20/2016 12:10:08 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: azcap

I saw this guy interviewed yesterday. A complete narcissist who is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.


10 posted on 10/20/2016 12:10:12 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: azcap
http://media.wix.com/ugd/3bebb2_98fe8b3559f64960a573ecad7dc22ec9.pdf
Emerson says Egg McMuffin leads Utah
11 posted on 10/20/2016 12:10:37 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: azcap

FUEggMcMuffin!

CC


12 posted on 10/20/2016 12:11:24 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: dp0622

I’m Jewish and when we lived in NY Schmucky Schumer couldn’t BUY my vote. And if I lived in those ares neither could Feinstien, Boxer or Blabbermouth-Schultz, etc.


13 posted on 10/20/2016 12:12:58 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: NEMDF

Nate Silvers blog had an article about McMullin being able to win Utah which would leave Trump and Clinton both short of the 270 electoral votes necessary to win. This would throw the election to the House of Representatives.


14 posted on 10/20/2016 12:14:05 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Hillary Clinton AKA The Potemkin Princess of the Potomac)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Thanks. Interesting.


15 posted on 10/20/2016 12:15:59 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: azcap

I’m totally disgusted by my LDS 8 who have no clue who this guy is. My family is awake and voting Trump, all us. But they have this “ooh he’s LDS and doesn’t say bad words.” mentality. One gal today used the excuse that Trump already lost. What a freaking quitter. She had added me to a McMullin FB group without my permission, so I posted an article about EM and the Muslim brotherhood. I got kicked out lol! But I’m sure a number of people for FB notifications with the link haha.

My DIL’s sister went to a Romney fireside devotional to hear some faith promoting insights only to get a holier than thou stump speech. I think Romney is trying to stay out of jail.

These people are more interested in optics than reality. I’m trying to work on other LDS, but some of them are real suckers like you say. Maybe because Utah schools are about 2 grade years behind other states.

Arg. What idiots.


16 posted on 10/20/2016 12:16:41 PM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: azcap

Look in the dictionary under PUPPET and there is a picture of Evan McMullin


17 posted on 10/20/2016 12:18:59 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: longtermmemmory

what excuses do the Mormon suckers give? DNC talking points?

^^^^^

The same as Glenn Beck and Romney. The “Idea is bigger than the country” type of stuff. Then there is actually a number of liberal Mormons who just won’t vote for Trump.


18 posted on 10/20/2016 12:19:04 PM PDT by nralife
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To: Impala64ssa

Of course not. Because conservatives DON’T vote based on religion or race or gender, like the liberals CERTAINLY do.

They’ve destroyed the meaning of the word liberal.


19 posted on 10/20/2016 12:21:11 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: azcap
The <p> command is your best friend.

Use it and people may actually read your posts.

20 posted on 10/20/2016 12:22:21 PM PDT by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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