The Truth About Evan McMullin – And Why I Am So Disappointed in My Mormon Friends

The Conservative Path ^ | 10/19/16 | Stacy Stine

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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.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Here’s the article
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-evan-mcmullin-could-win-utah-and-the-presidency/

[SoldierDad]

Considering who Trump is, that’s funny, right there.

[Sybeck1]

Romney spoiler

[Fiji Hill]

Glennie had him on his radio show this morning.

[jazminerose]

That’s the game plan, based on the assumption that the House will simply hand the presidency over to Hillary. Hell, the Republicans will coronate her.

[originalbuckeye]

I acknowledge that Trump is a narcissist. But 15 minutes of fame?? Trump doesn’t need this.....and I appreciate that he and his entire family have opened themselves up to the horrible treatment that Repblicans always get....and of course, McMullin is being hailed, by the LSM, as a hero for splitting the vote from our side, helping assure a Hillary victory.

[SoldierDad]

I hope you have an ample supply of firearms and ammo. The ride will get extremely bumpy come 11/09/16, and worse yet on 01/20/17.

[originalbuckeye]

Do you really think that Hillary would be better than Trump??

[utax]

And dirty harry reid is still a member in good standing - disgraceful.

[SoldierDad]

What makes you ask such a question? Where have I even suggested such a thing? Hillary should be in prison. But, I suspect she will win this election. America is doomed.

[YogicCowboy]

Trump has actually accomplished some significant things in the private sector; he is not an unknown quantity who just materialized as a foiling tool of the Establishment.

[YogicCowboy]

A) Thank you for posting this comprehnsive expose.

B) “Mormons are tight knit and like to support their own,...”

That latter statement is the source of my uncultivated wariness in dealing with Mormons. (I have had extensive interactions with Mormons due both to my vocation and my avocation.)

I have found that Mormons tend to give preferential treatment to their own, and also tend to lose interest in one when they realize that one is not interested in converting to Mormonism.

As a Christian who has been in ministry, I strive not to treat non-Christians those ways.

[originalbuckeye]

Either Hillary or Trump will win this election. If you are against Trump, by default you are for Clinton. No 3rd party will win this election. Voting for a 3rd party candidate will only throw the election to one or the other. I believe that any 3rd party vote will throw the election toHillary. I am for the survival of the USA and it’s resurrection and success. I will be voting for Trump.

[Nextrush]

Evan looks like a Corporatist to me, big government and big banking experience on his resume. The perfect Council on Foreign Relations type, a Romney or Huntsman type of Mormon.

World Government is OK as long as it has ‘conservative principles’ in it. Which is pretty much what Glenn Beck said on the radio the other week.

[yoe]

"... McMullin is a tool of the GOP elite..."

I hope McMillin reads this as by reputation, he is an honest man who's integrity is not for sale. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about the GOP elite.......Trump is so successful because he is NOT PC or Elite about anything...Trump AKA "His Non-politicalness" as well as "His Political Incorrectness" runs his life on honesty and integrity...while telling "it" like "it" is!

[elcid1970]

“I am proud to be a Mormon”

Hmm...are Christians “proud to be Christian”?

Not this Christian. All I know is that I’m a rotten sinner for whom Christ sacrificed His life, to redeem me and all who believe in Him. I humbly beg that He vouchsafe me His grace for every day that I have left on this Earth. I am that publican who couldn’t even raise his eyes while he begged for God’s mercy.

Proud? In my case, no. Saved? So I believe, with all my heart.

[Dick Bachert]

This guy, who is almost certainly financed by Der Mitster, is Romney's revenge for Trump having kicked the asses of all Mitt's fellow establishment buds.

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Pride has many meanings in English. The pride that is synonymous with a lack of humility is a sin that God has little tolerance for and is quick to strike down. Pride the word we use in common language to be synonymous with “unashamed” or “unabashed” is a requisite for true Christian discipleship.”For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” Romans 1:16

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The “tight knit and support your own” nature of lots of Mormons is fairly typical of minority religions. In my industry, apparel, I see it a lot with the Orthodox Jewish, and South Asian communities. In heavy Mormon communities like Utah or Idaho you see it everywhere. It’s usually a positive thing that helps people bear one another’s burdens. I am sorry you have had bad experiences with some Mormons, so have I and I am one :) As a teacher of many Mormon Sunday School classes, youth and mens ministry groups I have always strived to teach other Mormons not be insular and to do business and live in the community as the Good Samaritan and not as the Levite, to live the 2nd great commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself and not categorize their neighbors by denomination. Most of my Mormons friends and family are good folks and straight shooters, and so our most my Baptist and Catholic ones. I prefer to recognize all Christians by their deeds first rather than their denomination. As to how all this relates to Egg McMuffin it just shows how the GOP-E and the Left are masters at playing on peoples emotional weaknesses even in communities that should by creed be impenetrable to their ideology.

[Zenjitsuman]

Because of Romney Reid, Lee and Hatch I no longer hold Mormons is high regard. Throw in Flake for good measure.

Pukes, Punks, liars, traitors and cowards. Mormons lost my respect.

Trump supported Romney, and look at the hatred Romney has belched and vomitted up.