More than 100 Latter-day Saints — "single, married, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, teachers, scholars, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, artists, authors ... Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Social Democrats" — have signed an online statement, agreeing that the "threat posed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump supersedes party boundaries."
The Donald plays on "the same kinds of prejudices that fueled the persecution of Mormons that deprived them, direct forbears to many modern Mormons, of their land, homes and, in many instances, lives," the statement continues. "[We], of all people, should know the scent of persecution when we smell it."
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