![]() He continued by paraphrasing the religion’s scripture, but in reference to Trump: “He seeks not power, but to pull it down. “To my Mormon friends, my Latter-day Saint friends, think of him as Captain Moroni,” Lee yelled, comparing Trump to a prophet in the Book of Mormon. He then turned his attention to his co-congregants. He first addressed his comments to his “hermanos hispanohablantes,” dusting off his rusty Spanish from a two-year Latter-day Saint mission in Texas. When Trump invited him onstage, Lee offered an impromptu pitch to two of Trump’s most unconvinced voting blocs, Hispanics and Latter-day Saints. ![]() ![]() It occurred at an October 2020 Trump rally in Arizona, where Lee was in attendance, but didn’t expect to speak. While Utahns warmed up considerably toward Trump after his election, it was not enough to overcome one of Lee’s Trump-related transgressions - his seeming use of his Latter-day Saint faith as a justification for his support. ![]()
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