conservative Utah rallies to make Chaffetz investigate Trump

[Bob Blaylock]

He speaks for the general spirit of conservative Utah. Utahns, particularly the LDS, despise Trump.

You don't speak for the LDS.

 

[JakeStarkey]

He speaks for the general spirit of conservative Utah. Utahns, particularly the LDS, despise Trump.

You don't speak for the LDS.

The LDS numbers in Utah were quite clear in the primaries and in the general election, boob blaylock. Trump is despised here.

And, you, booby, are not a normal active priesthood holding members of the church.

You are a clown of the skousen freeman JBS nonsense that was turned away many years ago as a viable LDS political group.

Trot along.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Utah paralleled the voting nationally: many more voted against Trump than for him. The ONLY reason Trump won was that Clinton was even more unacceptable.

Utahns no more mistake the meaning of the election than the great majority of Americans: Trump must prove himself worth to be President and he must shake of the questions of his undesirability. Chaffetz must do his job and have his committee thoroughly investigate Trump.

Jason Kent, a hard nevertrumper and conservative force from Utah County and a voice of hard right Utahns, speaks to the problem well in the Deseret News:

"Chaffetz won re-election by over 130,000 votes, a 3:1 margin. Meanwhile, in Utah Donald Trump received 39,148 fewer votes than Hillary Clinton and Evan McMullin combined. Mirroring the national results, Trump won Utah’s electoral votes while losing the popular vote. Utah voters apparently have a much higher opinion of Chaffetz than they do of Trump.

Utah’s electorate has never been monolithically Republican, but the predominance of that party in recent decades has permitted the illusion that it is. Perhaps the first post-Trump presidential election will find Utah once again safely and predictably red, but in the meantime an ideologically diverse plurality of Utah voters opposes the Republican president-elect.

This changed political landscape presents Chaffetz with a new challenge as an elected representative. If he remains reluctant to stand up to Trump, he risks alienating the #neverTrump majority. At the same time, though, he cannot afford to resist Trump in ways that alienate the currently fractured conservative majority. Chaffetz’s office has been deluged with calls (including mine) urging him to investigate the president-elect’s conflicts of interest, yet his responses thus far have been cagey. He declined to comment on two letters on the issue from the Oversight Committee Democrats; he insists (inaccurately) that Trump cannot be investigated before the inauguration; most recently, he has pledged to watch Trump’s announcements on the matter closely. His timidity here contrasts with his eagerness to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails days before the election.

I believe investigating Trump’s conflicts of interest has the potential to please his new constituency. The conservative majority detested the possibility that the Clinton Foundation might have been the vehicle for a pay-to-play scheme, and Chaffetz investigated accordingly. The same principle applies to Trump. What conservative would sign on for a president making foreign-policy decisions based on his private business interests, or allowing foreign powers to use those interests for leverage against him? Chaffetz stands to gain the favor of his constituents by informing the president-elect that unsatisfactory resolution of such conflicts during the transition will prompt investigations during the presidency.

In the meantime, we of the #neverTrump majority must do our part to hold Chaffetz accountable. We are his constituents, and we should make our voices heard. We should urge local news outlets to cover his actions more thoroughly. We should call his offices to express our views, and to learn his. We should attend town-hall meetings when he holds them. We, too, have let the notion of a politically monolithic Utah make us complacent.

Furthermore, if Chaffetz does investigate Trump, he will need us. Trump’s treatment of those who oppose him, as Mitt Romney did, creates a powerful incentive for Chaffetz not to step out of line. We who have the power to re-elect him have the responsibility to be the backbone he needs." [read the comment section to the listed article]

Jason Kerr: Chaffetz can, and should, hold Trump accountable

hahaha Jake, this guy doesn't mean shit. We have never investigate Clinton's pay for play scheme, and we should I have no problem investigating any of it, but this guy thinks he's important. He's a dickwad that wanted Hillary President, don't ever call yourself a conservative, ever when you do that.

 

[buckeye45_73]

He speaks for the general spirit of conservative Utah. Utahns, particularly the LDS, despise Trump.

You don't speak for the LDS.

The LDS numbers in Utah were quite clear in the primaries and in the general election, boob blaylock. Trump is despised here.

And, you, booby, are not a normal active priesthood holding members of the church.

You are a clown of the skousen freeman JBS nonsense that was turned away many years ago as a viable LDS political group.

Trot along.

Despised? he still won by like 15, Jake you need to get a fucking life

 

[Bob Blaylock]

He speaks for the general spirit of conservative Utah. Utahns, particularly the LDS, despise Trump.

You don't speak for the LDS.

The LDS numbers in Utah were quite clear in the primaries and in the general election, boob blaylock. Trump is despised here.

And, you, booby, are not a normal active priesthood holding members of the church.

You are a clown of the skousen freeman JBS nonsense that was turned away many years ago as a viable LDS political group.

Trot along.

You don't speak for Mormons, and you certainly don't speak for me.

 

[JakeStarkey]

He speaks for the general spirit of conservative Utah. Utahns, particularly the LDS, despise Trump.

You don't speak for the LDS.

The LDS numbers in Utah were quite clear in the primaries and in the general election, boob blaylock. Trump is despised here.

And, you, booby, are not a normal active priesthood holding members of the church.

You are a clown of the skousen freeman JBS nonsense that was turned away many years ago as a viable LDS political group.

Trot along.

You don't speak for Mormons, and you certainly don't speak for me.

Booby Blaylock, I certainly to speak to the truth of Utah politically, which includes the LDS, and the truth that you are definitively out of step with your brethren. You should talk to your Bishop.

 

[ptbw forever]

Utah is controlled by the anti-Trump hard conservative wing of the GOP. It despises the Alt Right cucks as modeled by gipped, JimmaBowie, etc.

Which is why Trump easily won Utah....

 

[JakeStarkey]

Utah is controlled by the anti-Trump hard conservative wing of the GOP. It despises the Alt Right cucks as modeled by gipped, JimmaBowie, etc.

Which is why Trump easily won Utah....

He won it with a solid minority vote, like the he did the national.

Trump is no more like in Utah (probably less) than he is nationally.

He is a despised minority candidate by the solid majority.

 

[ptbw forever]

Utah is controlled by the anti-Trump hard conservative wing of the GOP. It despises the Alt Right cucks as modeled by gipped, JimmaBowie, etc.

Which is why Trump easily won Utah....

He won it with a solid minority vote, like the he did the national.

Trump is no more like in Utah (probably less) than he is nationally.

He is a despised minority candidate by the solid majority.

His approval rating is close to Obama's, moron.

 

[OKTexas]

Donald got about 45% of Utah's vote.

The remainder went to the Dems (maybe 25%) and to the libertarians and constitutional conservatives, which demonstrates the problems Trump is going to have in Congress.

And only truly ignorant people would accept the concept he lost the popular vote by adding all opposition votes together. You're getting more pathetic by the day fakey.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

If you covered the name of the OP and just read the text, you'd swear it was made by a hurting Hillary supporter and not by Jake - the rock-ribbed Republican.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The left should stop worrying. The senate will refuse to count the votes on January 6 and Hillary will be president.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Donald got about 45% of Utah's vote.

The remainder went to the Dems (maybe 25%) and to the libertarians and constitutional conservatives, which demonstrates the problems Trump is going to have in Congress.

And only truly ignorant people would accept the concept he lost the popular vote by adding all opposition votes together. You're getting more pathetic by the day fakey.

Try 5 is greater than 4, and you might understand.

He is a minority winner, and the hard right and freedom caucus and the dems are going to bend him over and open him up.

 

[OKTexas]

Donald got about 45% of Utah's vote.

The remainder went to the Dems (maybe 25%) and to the libertarians and constitutional conservatives, which demonstrates the problems Trump is going to have in Congress.

And only truly ignorant people would accept the concept he lost the popular vote by adding all opposition votes together. You're getting more pathetic by the day fakey.

Try 5 is greater than 4, and you might understand.

He is a minority winner, and the hard right and freedom caucus and the dems are going to bend him over and open him up.

The operative word child, is WINNER!

 

[JakeStarkey]

Until the combination of dems, freedom caucus, and nevertrumpers in Congress go 'nuh uh.'

The Orange Otter is going to go crazy, try to rule by EO, have the courts tell him 'no', then he will cross the line.

 

[Indeependent]

I honestly think JS is suffering from dementia.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Utah is controlled by the anti-Trump hard conservative wing of the GOP. It despises the Alt Right cucks as modeled by gipped, JimmaBowie, etc.

Which is why Trump easily won Utah....

He won it with a solid minority vote, like the he did the national.

Trump is no more like in Utah (probably less) than he is nationally.

He is a despised minority candidate by the solid majority.

His approval rating is close to Obama's, moron.

You are an Obama fan? Obama was not a minority candidate either time. Trump will have a much steeper road to climb.

 

[JakeStarkey]

I honestly think JS is suffering from dementia.

You don't think and your not honest.

 

[Indeependent]

I honestly think JS is suffering from dementia.

You don't think and your not honest.

And you've been 100% on target in the last year.

 

[JakeStarkey]

I honestly think JS is suffering from dementia.

You don't think and your not honest.

And you've been 100% on target in the last year.

Which has nothing to do with you lack of thinking and honesty.