Utah’s governor says Steve Bannon’s attack on Mitt Romney is Mormon bigotry
Dec 6, 2017, 10:57 AM | Updated: 12:02 pm
AP photo of Steve Bannon at a rally in Alabama Tuesday
SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert slammed Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, as a “Mormon bigot” Wednesday after Bannon accused Mitt Romney of hiding behind his LDS faith to avoid serving in Vietnam.
.@MittRomney and his family are honorable people and represent the very best of Utah values. Utahns reject the ugly politics and tactics of @SteveKBannon. #stayout #utpol
— Gov. Gary Herbert (@GovHerbert) December 6, 2017
“The personal attacks here, which have no role in really good quality debate on issues, this smacks of good old fashioned Mormon bigotry. I think that’s what Steve Bannon has demonstrated with his comment. He’s a Mormon bigot,” Herbert said on KSL Newsradio’s “The Doug Wright Show.”
.@SteveKBannon, #stayout of Utah. We don’t need you. We don’t want you. You don’t line up with American values. You don’t line up with Utah values. https://t.co/0yl2Ky52zU #utpol
— Gov. Gary Herbert (@GovHerbert) December 6, 2017
At a rally for Moore on Tuesday night, Bannon told the crowd that Romney avoided military service during the Vietnam war by instead serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France. He went on to attack his integrity and his family.
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