Mormon leader calls his family’s donations to Biden, Democrats, a ‘supervisor’

A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said political donations by his family to Democratic political candidates, including President BidenJoe BidenPompeo: The re-entry of Iran deal will make the Middle East ‘less safe’ for DNC to push mid-term. Biden struggles to unravel the web of Trump immigration rules more, was a ‘surveillance’, as it was contrary to his church’s policy of political neutrality.

“I regret such oversight on my part,” Dieter Uchtdorf, 80, said in a statement on Friday. ABC News. “I fully support the church’s policy regarding political donations from church leaders.”

ABC News, citing information from the Federal Electoral Commission, reports that Uchtdorf’s family account contributed $ 1,250 to Biden’s 2020 campaign. Another $ 600 was donated to the January 5 Democratic Georgia Sens run-off campaigns. Jon OssoffJon OssoffBiden, Harris to travel to Atlanta to sell aid package Mike Lee says’ the bill is for the people ‘as if it were written in hell by the devil himself’ Lawyers warn that restrictive bills could end Georgia’s record recording MORE and Raphael WarnockRaphael WarnockGOP continues attack on Biden aid bill Biden, Harris to travel to Atlanta to sell aid package Trump urges Herschel Walker to go more for Senate in Georgia.

Uchtdorf is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a government group that helps formulate church policy and oversee its business interests.

The church applied its political neutrality rule in 2011 when GOP Sen. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyPoll: 81 percent of Republican voters believe Trump Democrats face new headaches after winning the legal report. The memorandum: Activists ask what has changed since George Floyd? MORE (Utah), a member of the church, has run for president of the Republican nomination, according to ABC News.

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

Former President TrumpDonald TrumpPompeo: Re-entry into Iran deal will make Middle East ‘less safe’ for DNC to push mid-term.allegedly, however, never gained widespread popularity among members of the church due to conduct that was contrary to the teachings of the church about manners and public diplomacy.

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