Good news from Utah:

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

[RandySF]

1. Romney benefits from being a bishop in the Mormon Church.

[Tiggeroshii]

7. How is that legal?

I dont care. I'll take it!!

[RandySF]

10. It doesn't pay anything

But it has intangible benefits.

[soldierant]

28. As far as I can gather, it's more of an honorofic than a calling.

But there are benefits to having an honorific, certainly. Privilege.

I remember years ago reading a (much older) Mormon joke in which a family was discussing the new deacon Granny was hard of hearing, and Pa explained, "We're talking about the new DEACON! He's the son of a BISHOP!"

Granny: "Aren't they all?"

[Wellstone ruled]

9. This is how Utah Works!

Got a Temple recommend Card,hey you are the best.

[jmowreader]

20. About half the men in the Mormon Church are bishops

The LDS doesn’t have paid leadership at the local church level. Instead, each local church elects one man, who has to be married and to have gone through priesthood training (all Mormon men do this), to be the church bishop for typically between 4 and 7 years.

[FreeState]

23. Not quite right

Each local ward (parish) has A bishop that serves for 3-5 years (rarely more). They go through no training out side of being ordained with the lay priesthood - which all men in the church usually have. About 5% of Mormon men will ever be Bishops.

Source - life long LDS family with a Dad that was a Bishop.

[AllaN01Bear]

25. they are actually called stakes. my late mom did some volunteering @ the local stakes

geneology center as she used their resources over the years . even went to salt lake a # of times . you dont have to be morman to use the centers . back to our original program, im glad he stood for his morals rather than stand behind that thing in the white house , and is a true rather than these false nationalists .

[FreeState]

27. A Stake is a combinations of Wards (parishes)

The wards typically meet at a Stake Center ((Stake = Diocese, 3-5 Wards, they also have Ward Houses when the Stake is large enough to need several large building).

Born and raised LDS (my 4th great grandfather on one side was Marin Harris - dumb dumb dum [South Park reference].

[soldierant]

29. Oh, my. I hope my joke didn't insult you.

It wasn't aimed at you, certainly.

[FreeState]

30. Not at all

I’m not a believer

But a Deacon in Mormonism is a 12-14 year old boy - regardless of his fathers position

[FreeState]

22. Bishop Pastor in Mormonism

Its a volunteer job of 3-5 years as a local pastor - no one gets benefits from it - its low man on the totem pole.

[True Blue American]

2. :)

And I never cared for Romney.

But he did work with Democrats to get Romneycare in Massachusetts.

[Fresh_Start]

3. where any of the other GOP senators home states surveyed about

whether they were happy with the senators vote?

[Kingofalldems]

4. I haven't heard. Would be interesting.

[Fresh_Start]

11. yes, isn't that funny

i haven't seen any surveys for other states either.
I have seen some editorials saying the senators aren't doing their duty

[Danascot]

16. I was wondering about that too

I couldn't find any post-acquittal polls for Collins. The most recent poll I could find was taken by Morning Consult in mid-January. It found she was the "least popular senator in the country". Despite that dubious distinction she still voted to acquit.

"Morning Consult, which conducts quarterly surveys of every senator’s performance, released a poll last month that showed Collins as the least popular senator in the country, below even the polarizing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Of those surveyed, 42 percent approved of her performance while 52 percent did not."

https://www.pressherald.com/2020/02/09/collins-chose-not-to-convict-in-trumps-impeachment-now-what/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/16/susan-collins-approval-rating/4495142002/

[eleny]

13. We'll see a survey on election day!

I don't want to wait that long. But it's coming.

[IronLionZion]

21. They'll be polled on November 3 this year

and it's the only poll that matters so it's time for some of these GOP Senators to find new careers in the private sector. I'm thinking Collins and Garner and McSally can be replaced by Dems.

[RGTIndy]

5. Trump's numbers have always been terrible in Utah

relative to other red states.

[Wounded Bear]

18. Unfortunately, it doesn't help Dems much...

Well, hopefully they will stay home in Nov, or at least not pull the lever for Trump.

[vlyons]

6. Utah is a Mormon state with a long history of family values.

Mormons detest vulgar language, adultery, divorce, any kind of fraud or stealing, disrespect towards women, and cruelty to children. Plus Romney is a favorite son and a pillar of the Mormon community. Their religious beliefs don't make much sense to me, but they stick together to uphold family values. There is no way that Trump passes muster with Mormons.

[el_bryanto]

8. The counterpoint is that many Mormons hate liberalism/democrats

So they have to decide if their hatred for the Clintons and Democrats counts for more than their hatred for vulgarity and filthy language. At least here (Tallahassee), it's about neck and neck, and a lot of the people praising Romney are pretty liberal anyway.

Bryant

[bucolic_frolic]

17. They also have a history of not trusting government

Some still won't use USPS, so a vote against government is acceptable to them.

[FreeState]

24. Family Values

Not - look how they treat LGBTQI family members or people that leave.

This is a talking point with very little truth in it that keeps getting repeated. LDS families are not friendly towards anyone that is not 100% a true believer. Thats not family values, that's a cult.

[She_Totally_Gets_It]

12. Romney ought to retweet this.

[zentrum]

14. Terrific news!

[safeinOhio]

15. Need more gasoline

tRump has many more bridges to burn.

[Warpy]

19. There are a few things the Mormons do right, like having no hell

They also see right through that blob of orange putrescence in the White House: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mckaycoppins/mormon-voters-really-dont-like-donald-trump-heres-why

We might despise them when they lean on our doorbells when we're getting out of the shower, but they've been a lot harder to fool than other Christians.

[Laelth]

26. As they should be.

I remain convinced that most Republicans have some kind of integrity. Evidently, a lot of them live in Utah.

-Laelth

[LisaM]

31. I think people in Maine and Alaska

Would have felt the same way.

[BootinUp]

32. Be careful Utah, King Drumpf will get mad. nt

[orleans]

33. good. now switch parties mittens! n/t

[DeminPennswoods]

34. Appears that Rasmussen is the pollster

for this poll, fwiw. Given his reputation as a pollster, this poll might actually be even better than it is.

[Pompoy]

35. He would have lost a primary if it was held this year

Based on the numbers of the Republicans who are unhappy with him over his vote, if he faced a primary this year, the odds are that he would have been show the door.
Which surprised me, The Trump cult is stronger than Mormon kinship.
How can they not see that he acted honorably? Don't they value honor?

[greymattermom]

36. Just as the Mormons chose Utah, the Trump lovers

who hide behind their religion should choose Alabama and Mississippi. And leave the rest of us alone. Houses are cheap there, just watch Home Town to verify that, so moving might work financially.That would leave them with 11 representatives and 4 senators. A few other states might join later. Indiana? Oklahoma? South Dakota? This should work.