Posted on 11/02/2016 7:33:13 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
(KUTV) “Utah's six electoral college votes matter and Republicans are finally ready to unite.” Congressman Rob Bishop worked today to unite his party.
After weeks of on again, off again support for Trump -- many of Utah’s elected officials say their nominee is not as bad as they thought
“Donald Trump is no choir boy,” said Utah Senior Senator Orrin Hatch, but he knows Hillary Clinton and believes she cannot be President.
“We are not voting for the pope,” reminded another at a rally at Utah’s State Capitol. “We are voting for a President.”
Utah republicans who were bashing Trump and looking for another candidate last month are now saying the only way to preserve a conservative future for America is to vote for Trump.
Tuesday's Trump rally did not dance around Utah’s three-way split of the presidential vote as rallies in the past have tried.
“Jesus is not on the ballot! And Evan McMullin -- you are not Utah’s Savior,” the line came with chant’s for Trump.
Congressman Chris Stewart confessed to the crowd, that he voted for Trump. It is a fact that may come as a shock to many, since he demanded Trump step aside three weeks ago and let Pence lead the ticket. “The ballot mailed to me sat on my desk for a few days,” said Stewart. “l looked at it every morning and every night, but it is time for Republicans to come home.” Stewart believes the Supreme Court is one of the important issues that Utah voters should think about while voting.
Bishop admitted that he too thought about voting third party and watching the race go to the house for a vote as well, “I have those flights of fancy myself and then the alarm clock rings -- and I have to wake up.” “I even flirted a little when that tape came out just like Chris Stewart did,” said former Utah Congresswoman Enid Green Mickelson. She like many others thought, “about registering a protest vote,” but when the race tightened Mickelson said she no longer felt like protesting was an option. “It is no longer possible for someone to say I’m going to register a protest vote because my vote isn't going to matter.”
It matters she says and the thought, “I won't be responsible for either being in the White House,” is not the way to go.
Utah legislator Jake Anderegg was one of the few Utahn’s to publicly endorse Evan McMullin on the steps of the State Capitol in October, “I sat here 3 weeks ago with Evan McMullin, I stood up here on these steps” he said "And yet I’m here today, supporting Trump. In fact I voted for Trump.” Anderegg said he liked the idea of McMullin denying Clinton and Trump the chance at reaching 270 electoral votes. He changed his mind he said, When McMullin started bashing Republicans.
Bottom line, today’s rally of Republicans boomeranging their vote, comes down to “what's at stake.”
Senator Hatch said there are at least four US Supreme Court seats that could be up for grabs in the coming years. The last few years have not been good he says and “we have got to turn this mess around.” Utah's senior senator has backed Trump all along -- he has nothing against McMullin -- he just doesn't want you to vote for him.
“A vote for him is a vote for Hillary Clinton.”
Poll is at bottom of article...
It looks like Eggan McMuffin and Mittens Romney’s attempts to deny Utah for Trump are getting scrambled.
But I thought that Egg McMuffin was gonna ride in on a white horse and Save the Nation...
what now? Are we doomed?
As much as I’d like to say derrogatory things about these people, let’s rise above it and thank them for voting for Trump and leave it at that.
For now.
Better than nothing but I’m tired of hearing what a bad guy Donald Trump is. I think that in most respects he behaves as a gentleman.
Poor poor Glenn Beck he can’t get a win anywhere
Utah is one messed up state...a friggin’ protest vote?!
I just checked out the poll and it’s a pretty even three way split.
“...even three way split...”
I just checked too and saw about the same. Can these people actually think that it is the right thing to do to vote for the spoiler??? Unbelievable.
As much as I’d like to say derrogatory things about these people, let’s rise above it and thank them for voting for Trump and leave it at that.
For now.
Exactamundo. I had some Rubio people complimenting me on social media. Just had to bite my tongue about what I really think of Marco Amnestio. LOL.
Utah has been gaslit big time by the Never Trump “Republican” dirt bags.
Looks like Mormons don’t want to be pariahs after all.
” Can these people actually think that it is the right thing to do to vote for the spoiler??? Unbelievable”
I’m pretty sure that it’s Mormon church leadership that’s responsible.
Somehow Mitt Romney, the architect of both Romneycare and gay marriage in Massachusetts, is a moral exemplar worthy of the Presidency. But Donald Trump isn’t up to their High Standards.
Mormon support for open borders and amnesty is part of this.
Mormons, some my family and relatives, are not so stupid at the end of the day to waste their vote on McMullin. Seeing this as backdoor vote for Clinton, they’ll instead go for Trump. I’ll be surprised if McMullin gets upper single-digit vote with the count is tallied. He’d better wonder what his next job is as he’s proven his incompetence by running in the first place.
I couldn't help but think they are trying to create a constitutional crisis so that the White Horse Prophecy could come true and a Mormon will arise to save the nation. If it happens, it would be the first time Joseph Smith was right (at least, I think it was his prophecy).
[I just checked too and saw about the same. Can these people actually think that it is the right thing to do to vote for the spoiler??? Unbelievable.]
McMuffin’s sidekick/gay lover Rick Wilson has been hinting of a bombshell to be dropped this weekend that can seriously affect the UT vote. Hints that it will be like the Bush DWI story just before the 2000 election.
The naive Utah-ans will eat it up like they did with the Melania nude modeling ad the Liz Mair superPAC put out...
“...pretty sure Mormon church leadership...”
I think so too. It is practically treasonous in my view to encourage people to vote in a manner that would ensure a Hillary presidency. Of course it is our freedom to vote for who we want to, however the irony of the matter is that if if Hillary gets in it is a de facto disenfranchisement for ALL. This is because the demographics of all the illegals let in will forever swamp us with democrats.
Mitt Romney is jealous of Trump. End of story.
Do the Mormons adhere to the tenth commandment? If so, Romney needs to take a long hard look at it.
” the irony of the matter is that if if Hillary gets in it is a de facto disenfranchisement for ALL. This is because the demographics of all the illegals let in will forever swamp us with democrats.”
California has been the first demonstration of this. I was here to watch the transformation firsthand, and it happened very quickly.
We could probably recover from being “swamped with Democrats”. The new imports who are replacing Americans are to the left of the old Democrats. It’s a transformation of the culture and that’s deeper than just changing the politics.
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