Today on the show, we get into some updates on the Church's plans for missionaries in light of the Coronavirus, the Brazil MTC has a visitor, and we're starting to see how Mormons will vote in the 2020 election. But the big story this week - Mitt Romney made history, and his Mormonism played a part. We get into all that plus more on the Report!

Finally Statehood! Utah's Struggles 1849 - 1896 by Edward Leo Lyman

HEADLINES

* Utah wades into polygamy again with bill that would reduce penalties for consenting polygamists (SL Trib)

* Police shoot and kill intruder with a knife at an LDS Missionary Training Center in Brazil (SL Trib)

* Coronavirus Impacting Missionary Service In Hong Kong (Church Newsroom)

* Church Adjusts Missionary Numbers in Liberia (Church Newsroom)

* Donald Trump's Mormon problem continues, new study shows (Jana Riess, Religion News Service)

* For the first time, a majority of Utah voters approve of President Donald Trump (KJZZ)

* Got chocolate milk? Sen. Mitt Romney has more thanks to women’s group (Deseret News)

* Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith motivated him to vote for Trump’s removal from office (Washington Post)

* Romney’s Vote To Remove Trump From Office Sparked Rumors About The “White Horse Prophecy" (Buzzfed News)

* How Mitt Romney Decided Trump Is Guilty (The Atlantic)

* Why Trump attacks Romney, Pelosi and any person of faith who disagrees with him (Washington Post)

* Fox News Host Goes After Mitt Romney for Invoking Faith During Defense of Trump Impeachment Vote (Newsweek)

* Top Pence aide: Mitt Romney ungrateful, ‘who’s not giving forgiveness?’ (Washington Examiner)

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