Is there any compelling evidence that Russell M. Nelson is actually going to vote for Trump? If this is really true, I can't think of any more devastating disproof of him being divinely inspired by a benevolent deity, if such a thing exists. If President Nelson actually approves of voting for Trump, he is far more likely to be inspired by Satan than by God!Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:37 pmAnd this is the man that President Russell M. Nelson, earth's spokesperson and representative for Jesus Christ, will be voting for.Doctor Steuss wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 5:18 pm
Speaking of, the official Trump/Vance campaign store has a T-shirt with Trump wearing a crown. Because, America loves that sort of thing... or something.
King Trump T-Shirt
You can also buy "Never Surrender" stuff... with a picture of Trump literally surrendering himself to law enforcement, because MAGA generally has the cognitive bandwidth of a potato clock.
Consider what LDS leaders hae actually sais about election choices:
If President Nelson really is the divinely inspired advocate for honesty and morality that LDS members believe him to be, it is unimaginable to me that he would have anything but utter contempt for Donald J. Trump!Doctrine and Covenants 98:10 proclaims that “honest men and wise men should be sought for diligently” to run the government.
The dispatch from the church’s top leaders — President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors, Dallin H. Oaks and Henry B. Eyring — is remarkable for several reasons but primarily for the explicit rebuke of voting for political candidates based only on their party affiliation.
Sam Brunson, a law professor at Loyola University Chicago who writes at the popular Latter-day Saint-centered website By Common Consent, said Tuesday the letter’s language was more direct than almost anything else regarding politics he has ever seen from the church brass.
“It’s very explicit about the idea that we shouldn’t use political affiliation as a proxy for the correct person. In Utah, especially among Mormons, what that means is just because there’s an ‘R’ [for Republican] beside their name doesn’t mean you need to vote for them,” Brunson said. “This one is really hard to ignore. It doesn’t say you should vote for a Democrat, by any means, but it very explicitly says just because they’re a Republican doesn’t mean that they’re the best person that you should vote for.”
Party leaders react
The message from church leaders will most likely be welcomed by Utah’s beleaguered Democrats, who long have struggled to break through the chokehold Republicans have held on the state’s electoral politics. Republicans are a supermajority in the Legislature and have won every statewide contest since 1998.
Utah Democratic Party Vice Chair Oscar Mata applauded the letter’s focus on agency, a cornerstone of Latter-day Saint doctrine.
Party leaders react
The message from church leaders will most likely be welcomed by Utah’s beleaguered Democrats, who long have struggled to break through the chokehold Republicans have held on the state’s electoral politics. Republicans are a supermajority in the Legislature and have won every statewide contest since 1998.
Utah Democratic Party Vice Chair Oscar Mata applauded the letter’s focus on agency, a cornerstone of Latter-day Saint doctrine.