Mormon leader says his family’s donations to Biden and Democrats are a “carelessness”

A senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said that political donations made by his family to Democratic political candidates, including President BidenJoe BidenPompeo: Reintroducing an agreement with Iran will make the “less secure” DNC in the Middle East set in motion to push Biden’s struggle to unravel Trump’s immigration rules network MORE, were a “carelessness” as they go against the political neutrality policy of their church.

“I regret this negligence on my part,” Dieter Uchtdorf, 80, said in a statement on Friday. ABC News. “I fully support church policy related to the political donations of church leaders.”

ABC News, citing information from the Federal Electoral Commission, reports that Uchtdorf’s family account contributed $ 1,250 to the Biden 2020 campaign. Another $ 600 was donated to the January 5 Democratic runoff campaigns. Georgia Sens. Jon OssoffJon OssoffBiden and Harris will travel to Atlanta to sell the relief package. Mike Lee says the “For the People” voting bill is “like it was written in hell by the devil himself.” Proponents warn that restrictive voting bills could end Georgia’s record turnout. i Raphael WarnockRaphael WarnockGOP attacked Biden’s relief bill. Biden and Harris travel to Atlanta to sell Trump relief package urges Herschel Walker to run for Senate in Georgia MORE.

Uchtdorf is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing group that helps establish ecclesiastical policies and oversees their business interests.

The church implemented its rule of political neutrality in 2011 when the Republican Party Senate. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyPoll: 81% of Republican voters have a favorable view of Trump Democrats suffering from headaches after winning the bill. MONTH (Utah), a member of the church, ran in the Republican Party presidential nomination, ABC News notes.

The network added that donations not only violate church policies, but are also surprising, as Latter-day Saints tend to learn more conservatively about the political spectrum.

Old President TrumpDonald TrumpPompeo: Reintroducing the deal with Iran will make the Middle East “less sure” that the DNC will be prepared to push Biden to fight in the medium term to unravel Trump’s network of immigration rules MOREHowever, it was reported that he never gained widespread popularity among church members due to conduct that went against the church’s teachings on customs and public diplomacy.

– Updated at 2:02 p.m.

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