Posted on 10/10/2016 8:02:24 AM PDT by C19fan
The leaked video of Donald Trump’s lecherous musings had only been on the internet for a few hours Friday when the Mormon backlash began. “I’m out,” Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz told a local news anchor in Salt Lake City. “I can no longer in good conscience endorse this person for president. It is some of the most abhorrent and offensive comments that you can possibly imagine.” The interview made Chaffetz the first Republican in Congress to officially retract his endorsement of Trump, and by next day he would be joined by dozens of his colleagues across the country. But in Utah, conservative Mormons were already mounting a wide-scale revolt against their party’s nominee — a repudiation so swift and severe that some GOP insiders believe the deep-red state could be thrown into contention in the final weeks of the race.
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.... We are not voting for a man .... we are voting against the final fall of America ..... The Death of the Constitution .... The End of Religious Freedom .... The End of Freedom of Speech and everything else that the Constitution guarantees.
I believe Chaffetz is a Jew, not a Mormon. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
This fits in with the Mormon love of Open Borders and mass third world immigration. They are allies with America only when it suits their peculiar religion. For example find out how many of the numerous Romney males have ever served in the military.
Mormons? The folks who brought us the Mountain Meadow Massacre? No thanks.
I’m with you: I held my nose to vote for Mitt, but since the Mormons have shown their duplicity I will never again vote for a Mormon for anything. Just as my litmus test is no Muzz, it will now include no Morms.
Leni
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This panic among some Republicans reflects more a frightened reflex among those who have previously let themselves be cowed by the politically correct bullies. I would—for the moment, at least—turn the “other cheek,” as it were, to the whipped cur office holders, and give them an opening to wake up, realize what is really important, and find any residue of moral mettle, still dormant within them. We really need to focus on the normal people in the population—those still capable of rational thought. Those who are too easily cowed are not as numerous outside of political office holders, and are a much more practical target.
The sanctimonious twits among us. would have extended World War II by removing George Paton from his command in 1943. Hand wringing neurotics can not prioritize even to their own purpose.
Well, I can’t come up with it righr now but Fox 13 in Salt Lake City had a poll going last night after the “debate” and it had Trump 69% HIllary 24% the rest were “don’t care or don’t know!”
Buzz Feed = Leftist Feed
He’s a former Jew convert to Mormonism.
When I lived in Northern California back in the mid 1970s, we sometimes went to Reno for fun and games. Lots of Mormon girls went to Reno, as well, and they were far from virtuous, as they made it clear they were after fun and games, too. Abject hypocrites.
“I dislike holier.than.thou people. “
Yeah, the problem is it isn’t just the Mormons. The “scripture quoters” here are largely in the same boat. “ Their God” is going to save them ( but probably not the country).
Holier than thou hypocrites who are coward weaklings
Agree, and I didn’t even include Dingy Harry because, well...(phony Mormon, full time mobster)
And how do they think Hillary is better? She did an effective job of defending a pedophile and trashing his victim. And they are okay with that but not with Trump’s private conversation where he used lewd words?
As Our Lord said in the Gospels, “They strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel”. The only people He ever showed true anger to were religious hypocrites. He showed mercy to sinners.
You said it!!!!
Went to HS with a Mormon girl who called herself “Swamp Woman.” Seems like she had a ladder permanently affixed to her 2nd floor bedroom window for...well, easy access & exit.
Jason Chaffetz: Mormon Politician
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Jason Chaffetz Mormon Politician
Jason E. Chaffetz is the United States Representative for Utah’s third congressional district. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Chaffetz was born on March 26, 1967, in Los Gatos, California, and raised in Arizona and Colorado. His father was Jewish and his mother was Christian Scientist. Chaffetz attended Brigham Young University on an athletic scholarship and was starting placekicker on the BYU football team in 1988 and 1989. He made, and continues to hold, two school records. He was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was a senior. He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications.
Chaffetz, a Republican, was first elected in 2008. During his college years he was a Democrat. His father had been married previously to Katherine Dukakis, the wife of Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis. While a student at BYU, Chaffetz was a Utah co-chairman for Michael Dukakis’s 1988 campaign for president of the United States. Chaffetz had been drifting more toward the Republican right even while working for Dukakis, and he became a Republican after meeting Ronald Reagan in 1990, when Reagan visited Nu Skin International where Chaffetz was employed as a spokesman.
In 2004, Chaffetz managed Jon Huntsman’s Utah gubernatorial campaign. After Huntsman won, Chaffetz became his chief of staff. Eleven months later Chaffetz left the governor’s office to manage his own company, Maxtera Utah, a communications and marketing company. In 2007, Governor Huntsman appointed Chaffetz as a Trustee for Utah Valley University.
On January 1, 2007, Chaffetz announced he was exploring the possibility for a Congressional run for the Republican nomination against six-term incumbent, Chris Cannon. On October 1, 2007, Chaffetz formally entered the race for the Republican nomination. David Leavitt, a brother to popular three-term Utah Governor and Bush Administration cabinet member Mike Leavitt, also joined the race.
Although a poll showed Chaffetz trailing Cannon and Leavitt, Chaffetz consistently called for a return to the core conservative principles of fiscal discipline, limited government, accountability and a strong national defense. He campaigned on stronger measures to fix legal immigration and remove the incentives for illegal immigration.
At the May 10, 2008 Utah Republican State Convention Chaffetz won 59 percent of the third district’s delegates to Cannon’s 41 percent. On June 24, 2008, Chaffetz defeated Cannon by a vote of 60 percent to 40 percent. The win was considered an upset victory because George W. Bush, Orrin Hatch, and Bob Bennett endorsed Cannon.
Chaffetz won the seat in the 2008 general election with 66 percent of the vote; not suprising given that the third district is one of the most Republican districts in the nation. Chaffetz kept his seat in the 2010 election with 72 percent of the vote.
Throughout his tenure, Chaffetz has been outspoken. For example, in a January 2010 meeting of the GOP Conference, Chaffetz applauded Obama for some of the promises made during the campaign, but asked why promises to broadcast healthcare debates on CSPAN, keep lobbyists out of senior positions, go line-by-line through the health care bill and end earmarks had not been kept. Video of the Q&A went viral and received extensive media coverage. Upon hearing that U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 9, 2009, Chaffetz said he had “lost all respect for the award,” saying “it used to be one of distinction, but [now] it is hard to give it any credibility.” [1]
At the start of the Congressional term in 2009, he announced that he would be sleeping on a cot in his office rather than renting a Washington, D.C. apartment. Chaffetz said, “I’m trying to live the example that it doesn’t take big dollars in order to get where we want to go. I can save my family $1,500 a month by sleeping on a cot in my office as opposed to getting a fancy place that’s maybe a little bit more comfortable.” His family will continue to live in Alpine. “We are now $10 trillion in debt. $10 trillion. Those are expenses that have to be paid at some point,” he said. If he can tighten his belt in these tough economic times, Chaffetz said, Congress should be able to as well.[2]
Chaffetz pledged to vote against what he calls “trivial resolutions,” including those dealing with sports, such as congratulating the winning team of the Super Bowl. Chaffetz feels that the House could be taking up more important legislation.[3]
In November 2014, Chaffetz won a four-way race to become the chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee. He was the fifth member of Congress in 89 years to become a full chairman after serving only three terms. He committed himself to bringing a new level of bipartisan cooperation to the committee. He has built a strong relationship with his Democrat counterpart on the committee, Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD). Both Chaffetz and Cummings have been united in their calls for reform. Cummings told “The Hill” in April 2015, “The chairman’s leadership has been a sea change from the way the committee was run in the past, primarily because he has been willing to work with Democrats and because, for the most part, he has avoided overreaching.”[4]
Chaffetz married Julie Marie Johnson in 1991. They have three children.
Chaffetz on the Federal Government website
Official Portrait
Sen Mike Crapo is one of them.
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I think that you are right. It is the purest foolishness, to start a denominational battle between Americans. We need all of the Conservative base on board. Criticize the individual as an individual, if you must; but really, now is not the time to focus on those who panic. We need to rally the firmly committed to a great outreach, to win every winnable voter—NOW!
By the way. The problem is not the Mormans, who tend to be more Conservative than the average person; but those politicians—like Romney—who compromised their moral principles to sound “politically correct.” Trump embarrasses those who compromised principles to humor the PC
bullies. In my analysis, it has ceased to be about America to some, dominated by their fears of being disapproved by sanctimonious poseurs, in the media and academia.
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