Hillary Clinton wrote an OpEd today in the Deseret News, reading the tealeaves how mormons dislike Trump as seen in this quote from NYT article
“The issue of religious liberty is an important one in the state, and the notion of a religious test for immigration raises deep concerns,” said Chris Karpowitz, a director of Brigham Young University’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. “Mormons are sensitive to issues like this because of their own history.”
About her OpED
’m running for president to make sure our country continues to live up to our founding principles. Those timeless ideas teach us that we’re stronger together when we work in unison to solve our problems, no matter what we look like, where we come from or how we pray.
That last one is important. As Americans, we hold fast to the belief that everyone has the right to worship however he or she sees fit.
I’ve been fighting to defend religious freedom for years. As secretary of state, I made it a cornerstone of our foreign policy to protect the rights of religious minorities around the world — from Coptic Christians in Egypt to Buddhists in Tibet. And along with Jon Huntsman, our then-ambassador in Beijing, I stood in solidarity with Chinese Christians facing persecution from their government.
then she hits right at the heart of mormon's worries
Trump’s Muslim ban would undo centuries of American tradition and values. To this day, I wonder if he even understands the implications of his proposal. This policy would literally undo what made America great in the first place.
But you don’t have to take it from me. Listen to Mitt Romney, who said Trump “fired before aiming” when he decided a blanket religious ban was a solution to the threat of terrorism.
Listen to former Sen. Larry Pressler, who said Trump’s plan reminded him of when Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs singled out Mormons in his infamous extermination order of 1838.
she ends with an amazing call for togetherness and constitution… "What do we want this country to be"
This November, what’s at stake is nothing less than the kind of nation we want to be.
It’s up to us whether we’ll retreat behind Trump’s notion that there’s only one right way to be an American, or whether we’ll recognize the fundamental wisdom of our Constitution that teaches we all need each other for this country to flourish.
As Sister Rosemary M. Wixom once said, “As individuals we are strong. Together, with God, we are unstoppable.”