Trump, the Mormons and a fractured GOP
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Utah has gone almost unnoticed in presidential campaigns, because it's been so reliably Republican Red. Now Donald Trump is turning it into a battleground state. We hear what that has to do with the Mormon Church and how it reveals the depths of divisions within the GOP.
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| 2:02.6 | Utah has gone almost unnoticed in presidential campaigns because it's been so reliably Republican-red. |
| 2:08.9 | Now Donald Trump is turning it into a battleground state. |
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