"Are We Sure He’s A Mormon?": Trump Questions "Choke Artist" Romney’s Religious Credentials In Utah Rally
By Tyler Durden
On March 3, Mitt Romney made a horrible mistake.
He got up in front of a crowd at the University of Utah and lambasted Donald Trump. “If we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished,” Romney said. “If Donald Trump’s plans were ever implemented, the country would sink into prolonged recession.”
And that was the nice part of the speech.
Romney has thrown his hat – and voice – into the GOP melee as the party becomes more desperate to put the brakes on the Trump freight train. In what will almost certainly turn out to be an ill-fated effort to play party elder, Romney has inserted himself into a battle between Trump and the establishment and in case Mitt didn’t get the message, the establishment is on the ropes.
But Romney has another disadvantage when it comes to trading barbs with Trump. He lost the national election to President Obama in 2012. In other words, he’s a “loser.” And Trump hates losers.
Well, on Friday night, Trump was in Salt Lake City – home to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ headquarters – for a characteristically raucous campaign rally that largely consisted of the frontrunner explaining how “great” everyone is, how great he is, and how unbelievably bad he beat the field last Tuesday. But it was Trump’s Mormon comments that stole the show.
Watch below as the billionaire – who appears to think that everyone in Utah is a Mormon – asks the crowd if they know how much he loves Mormons. Next, he calls Romney a “choke artist” before asking whether anyone has actually bothered to verify Romney’s Mormon credentials.
Donald Trump: “I have a lot of friends,… Mitt Romney is not one of them. Are we sure he’s a Mormon?” https://t.co/jP5Pet0Xu6
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) March 19, 2016
And outside of the rally, poilce stood guard and did their best to keep the peace as angry protesters demanded the event be “shut down.”
BREAKING: ugly scene as trump protesters tear down security tent. Officers forcefully pushed back pic.twitter.com/VLEebqVUZA
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) March 19, 2016
