Newt Gingrich hired his Iowa political director after the man, Craig Bergman, said this in a focus group for ” title=”asked him to resign” target=”_blank”>asked him to resign.
It’s not entirely surprising that Bergman, who identifies as a dispensationalist Christian, would consider Mormonism a cult. Christianity has had a strain of antagonism toward Mormons since Joseph Smith founded the church 181 years ago. And as I mentioned in October, ” title=”big sticking point” target=”_blank”>big sticking point for a lot of Republican believers and evangelicals said he was