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StarryNite

(9,472 posts)
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 03:41 PM Jul 2020

Donald Trump Jr. shoots guns from Utah company with ties to polygamous sect

Donald Trump Jr. shoots guns from Utah company with ties to polygamous sect



“Awesome time, guys,” Trump Jr. wrote on Instagram below a photo of him aiming a rifle. “Can’t wait to do it again soon.”

Desert Tech has gained attention for its ties to the Davis County Cooperative Society, also known as the Latter-Day Church of Christ, the Kingston Group or The Order. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the sect, which includes members who practice polygamy, as a hate group.

Some former members of the church have called the sect a criminal enterprise that is inherently abusive to women and children. Some of those former members on Sunday criticized the sight of the U.S. president’s son promoting a company linked to the Kingston Group.

“It’s disgusting that any member of the Trump family is all smiles taking a photo with someone that is a member of this disgusting cult,” former Kingston Group member Melissa Ellis wrote in a text to The Salt Lake Tribune.

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[link:https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/07/26/donald-trump-jr-shoots/|

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Donald Trump Jr. shoots guns from Utah company with ties to polygamous sect (Original Post) StarryNite Jul 2020 OP
Real ugly bunch. Wellstone ruled Jul 2020 #1
Shooting his gun. Huh. Not liking that visual. Ilsa Jul 2020 #2
Yikes, there's a lot of FBI gristle in that article. Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #3
From what I've read about them..... Xolodno Jul 2020 #4
Don Jr. joined a pedophile ring? WyattKansas Jul 2020 #5

Ilsa

(61,712 posts)
2. Shooting his gun. Huh. Not liking that visual.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 04:11 PM
Jul 2020

I wonder how many wives he considers go be optimal?

Kimberly Guilfoyle better get her hooks in quickly. She may end up with sister wives.

Backseat Driver

(4,402 posts)
3. Yikes, there's a lot of FBI gristle in that article.
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 04:41 PM
Jul 2020

Looks like CoVid-19 protections are contributing to "justice delayed is justice denied the People," but it could give a lengthy cover to the complicit "associates" Dimwit Donnie and/or Junior would assert he doesn't know.

Seems that polygamy and abuse are just the headliner of possible ties to other possible Trump, Jr. and his widdle daddy's nasty treachery - moneylaundering, fraudulent energy contracts, fraudulent arms manipulations and contracts, perhaps ties of supplies to those Barr/Trump unmarked paramilitary LE types? What sheriff's offices made use of that government contract?

Then there's the FBI wariness not to escalate stand-offs as what transpired with David Koresh's Branch Dividians (7th Day Adventist's splinter religious(?) group not LDS) that raised all kinds of strong criticism about brutal aggression of LE and retaliatory violence outside the case and across the nation with ties to what happened in Oklahoma City. Yup, lots of gristle to chew on and a good pandemic excuse to keep lots of obstructive stalling and silence.

SHM still....

Xolodno

(6,410 posts)
4. From what I've read about them.....
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 05:09 PM
Jul 2020

...they are one really nasty bunch. They own properties, businesses, farms, etc. From what I read, the "congregation" works for the businesses at a low wage....but live in Kingston Group properties, how good the arrangements are, depends on how much favor you have with the leadership.

They also deposit all their money into the Kingston Bank...and if you want to draw out any significant savings...it takes over a week and draws attention. Making it, almost impossible to escape when they start following you, harassing, make it difficult to go to the bank, false imprisonment, etc.

So awash in cash from renting, selling crops, etc. they continue to grow the financial empire.

And it gets worse, if there are too many males, they often get the boot and forced into living in the streets, with nothing other than the clothes they are wearing. This is to make sure the leadership or up and coming leadership get their top choices of new "brides". And it doesn't stop there, its not unheard of an uncle marrying his niece. I'll let that sink in.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
5. Don Jr. joined a pedophile ring?
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 05:23 PM
Jul 2020

Let the Right Wing fantasy faction boil themselves up into a frenzy about who they hate.

Oh my mistake, you said polygamous sect. instead of pedophiles.

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