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Trump, the Mormons and a fractured GOP
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.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenPhoto: Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Kwong Yee Cheng
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