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To the Point
To the Point

Trump, the Mormons and a fractured GOP

Hosted by Warren Olney Aug. 15, 2016 National
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.

Photo: Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Kwong Yee Cheng

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Host:
Warren Olney

Producers:
Jenny Hamel, Andrea Brody

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