One of the leading leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said that political donations made by his family to Democratic political candidates, including President biden
Joe BidenPompeo: Re-entering the deal with Iran would make the Middle East “less secure”., were an “oversight”, as they go against your church’s policy regarding political neutrality.
“I regret such an oversight on my part,” said Dieter Uchtdorf, 80, in a statement obtained on Friday by ABC news. “I fully support church policy related to political donations from church leaders.”
ABC News, citing information from the Federal Election Commission, reports that the Uchtdorf family account contributed $ 1,250 to Biden’s 2020 campaign. Another $ 600 was donated to Democrat Georgia Sens’s runoff campaigns. Jon Ossoff
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Uchtdorf is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing group that helps to establish church policies and oversee its business interests.
The church implemented its rule of political neutrality in 2011, when GOP Sen. Mitt Romney
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The network added that donations not only violate church policies, but are also a surprise, as Latter-day Saints tend to learn more conservatively on the political spectrum.
Old one President Trump
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