Most Mormons remain committed to conservative values but uneasy with President Trump's ascendance, resulting in a complicated relationship with the modern Republican Party.
Man is that ever the truth! I'm one of them! Like many other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the true name of the Church known as “Mormons†by many), I was not happy with the way things went down at the Republican National Convention in 2016. In fact, I left the party over it after over 40 years of being in the trenches so to speak. I had held every office there is at the local level except County chair and could have had that if I had only said the word. I had been a delegate to every Republican State Convention in the State of Texas (held every two years and is the largest such convention in the world BTW) since 1988. Was once the republican nominee for state rep in my district and although I lost that race, I managed to shed enough light on the corrupt Democrat who held it that two years later he decided to git while the gitting was good and no Democrat has held that seat since. I’ve since worked with and helped elect many good people to office at all levels from the Courthouse to the State House. I have not yet voted for Donald J. Trump but fully intend to correct that the next time I have the opportunity.
You should know that although there are a great many like me among the members, that is, by no means a certainty. In my own congregation, there are a few who would vote for the devil himself if he ran as a Democrat and many more who voted for Mitt Romney simply because he is a member. I’m not one of that group either. I would vote for Mitt against any Democrat I’m currently aware of but he would never be my first choice for ANY office.
I’m also a man who happens to be aware of where he came from and what his forefathers sacrificed in order to bring about the United States of America and also one who cannot look at the record of his family history without feeling great shame because of what WE have let happen to the great gift that was given us.
I fully intend to spend the rest of my mortal days doing everything I can to reverse that and return this once great Republic to its rightful state and if anyone wishes to refuse to stand beside me in that fight, and I’ll assure you it WILL be a fight the likes of which you have never seen, because of the Church I belong to that is his problem and not mine.
