Trump Launches LDS-Branded Coffee Mugs, Coozies

Mediaite reports:

Former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign relabeled some of its new “Latter-day Saints for Trump” merchandise on Friday after it was criticized for seeming to not understand some of the key tenets of the religion.

Samuel Benson, the national political correspondent for the Deseret News, covered the launch of “Latter-day Saints for Trump” and on Friday posted to X a photo of some of the new merchandise being sold on the group’s website.

Of course, most devout LDS Church followers do not consume alcohol, which most koozies are used for, nor caffeine.

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In the Trump campaign’s defense, pandering to LDS voters is not something Republican politicians have traditionally had to do—it makes sense that they’re this bad at it. https://t.co/PjtS8UpgmI

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