The location choice seems a sign to the conservative factions from the radicalized opposition. (Next stop on tour was Colorado, home of Trump haters and x-Space Force headquarters with hundreds of well paying jobs going by by…)
The church is responsible for the conservative nature of the state of Utah. Salt Lake City proper is primarily in the Democratic fold, the suburbs and most of the rest of the state is conservative. The church may have not anything to do with the assassination, the venue, yes.
There is a saying about Mormons I heard later in my adulthood, “What’s the difference between a Mormon and a Jew? One you can circumcise, the other you can’t because there’s no end to the prick.”
I was baptized a Mormon when I was 10 years old and raised under its influence in our community. Salt Lake City was about 3 hours west.
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