Donald Trump on Mitt Romney in Utah: "Are you sure he's a Mormon?"

[jpak]

Source: CBS News

SALT LAKE CITY -- Donald Trump brought his brash brand of politics to the most Republican state in the country on Friday. But Utah, which voted against President Obama by a bigger margin than any other state in the country in 2012, has a reputation for polite and orderly when it comes to elections.

None of that seemed to matter for the Republican front-runner, who stuck to his playbook of bombastic language and blunt-force attacks against his rivals in the 2016 race, courtesy be damned. His primary target: former GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who has deep roots in Utah thanks to his Mormon faith.

"Are you sure he's a Mormon?" Trump asked the anti-establishment crowd that jeered at every mention of Romney. "Are we sure? He choked, he choked. It was so sad."

"He should have beaten Obama," the GOP front-runner continued. "We wouldn't be working. I could be back right now. I could be back working in New York and doing my deals and having fun and being with my family."

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[dembotoz]

1. wow i wonder if he focus tested that line

i would not want to go there

[left-of-center2012]

23. "i wonder if he focus tested that line"

As on foreign policy, he is his own adviser.

[still_one]

2. The republican response would be, "romney met Obama when he was doing missionary work in Kenya"

[baran]

3. Bernie had a rally the same day in Utah . . .

approx. 17,000 people attended. Trump's rally had to be moved to a smaller venue than originally planned due to alleged security concerns. I wonder if CBS mentioned Bernie's rally. Never mind, that was a rhetorical question.

[global1]

6. I Had The Same Reaction As You....

this a.m. as I turned on the TV and was flipping through the channels I happened upon CNN and what caught my ear was that they were showing a crowd lining up for a campaign event. I immediately thought it was a crowd for Bernie - because I heard about his crowd last night and that Trump had to scale down his venue.

But then the CNN talking head said that this crowd lining up was for Trump. They mentioned the sizes of the crowds that Trump was getting - and failed to mention anything about Bernie's crowd last night.

They are continuing to ignore Bernie and Bernie since he got into this contest - has been drawing big crowds all over the country.

[exboyfil]

4. Someone needs to ask Trump

How is a Mormon different than a mainstream Evangelical Christian? That would be an interesting conversation.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. Mormons take their wives concurrently, not consecutively? nt

[Jack Rabbit]

9. How would he know?

He isn't a Mormon and probably couldn't be bothered to learn anything about them. He only knows as much about evangelical Christianity as a needs to know to pretend to be an evangelical Christian. The only thing he worships is himself.

[elljay]

14. No one loves the bible more than Donald Trump!

He told us so. I believe it is somewhere in Two Corinthians.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Billy and Franklin Graham say Mormons are not Christians.

Catholics are also not Christians according to Billy and Franklin.

[laserhaas]

5. Romney=gate includes Trump bait.

We are all being gamed - big time.

Mitt's coming in June, and Trump his having champagne with Romney, in the back rooms.

[Bad Dog]

8. This is only an insult in Utah.

Who gives a monkeys about Utah?

[fullautohotdog]

10. Bernie, for one... and 14,000 fans

Utah Feels the Bern as 14,000 Turnout for Sanders in Salt Lake City

The primary is Tuesday, so everyone magically cares about Utah for a few days. Don't worry, we'll be back to not giving a shit on Wednesday...

[Bad Dog]

11. I stopped caring back in February.

This whole thing doesn't half drag on. I just want the Democrat to win, whoever that is.

[olddad56]

12. Trump should be questioning his own faith.

[Major Hogwash]

13. What religion does Trump profess to believe?

Does anyone know?

[sakabatou]

15. Moneyism

[ConsiderThis_2016]

16. "Are you sure he's a Mormon?"--Trump

“And by the way, and again, I do like Ted Cruz, but not a lot of evangelicals come out of Cuba, in all fairness. It’s true. Not a lot come out. But I like him nevertheless,”--Trump

Nothing divides us more then religion... Arm in arm with cognitive dissonance, it foments distrust, dislike and disdain, and has continually done so since the dawn of time. The humans whom embrace such ideas do so simply for personal comfort and many hold dearly to their ideas, until the time they decide to change them, for one reason or another.

President Barack Obama, whom I voted for in 2008, had a Mom & Dad(s) whom at minimum were agnostic. Though you may recall his remarks at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, following the tragic murder of 9 African Americans. "It's in our DNA"--B.O.

I'll end it with a scattered rambling observation... The U.S.A. has undeniably, a predominately christian population, with as we know, predominately two major political parties, (D) & (R) for which to project their ideologies. Though aside from apathy in 2008, some more principled Christians chose the constitution party guy, pastor Chuck Baldwin over Mormon Romney. In the early days the Mormons were kicked around the Midwest by the Christians, and then on 9/11... yes, oddly enough 9/11 in 1857 at what is called Mountain Meadows, the Mormons sought retribution, and slaughtered a bunch of Christians... Men, Women and Children, they kept some of the younger ones, because we all know how easy they are to reprogram, some refer to it as the age of reason.

The blacks whom not until just a few decades or so back in time were frowned upon by the Mormons for certain leadership and attendance issues, back in the day created their own sanctuaries aka churches to escape the prying eyes of the crackers and former slave holders. Ah, I could go on, but it's not worth my time because only evolution will cure the problem, as it has done for centuries. Give it another couple hundred years, and if this little blue marble is still habitable, things will only get better as they have since day one... though at a great cost to humanity.

[Paladin]

17. A question like that would end the campaign of any other politician.

Blatantly questioning the religion of another politician, even in jest? Forget about it. Just another example of what strange, unhealthy waters we're in, these days.....

[AxionExcel]

18. Hie, hie, hie. Hie them all, for cryin out loud.

[surrealAmerican]

19. Quite frankly, that line surprises me.

I thought he would have gone with: "His father was born in Mexico."

[trueblue2007]

20. ME on Donald Rump in USA: "Are you sure he's a Human? I thought he was POND SCUM."

[surrealAmerican]

21. Hey, pond scum serves a useful function.

[Enrique]

24. i heard Mitt is Mexican