Much Republican love for Congressional candidate Mia Love

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
8/30/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

Love makes lasting impression at Republican convention

"Mr. President, I'm here to tell you the American people are awake and we're not buying what you're selling in 2012," Utah Congressional candidate Mia Love told the crowd at the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida. With African-American support for Mitt Romney at 0.0 percent, Love represents the small, but growing presence of blacks in the Republican Party.

Mia Love took office as mayor of Saratoga Springs two years ago and has received a lot of support from top Republicans.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The 36-year-old daughter of Haitian immigrants, if Love should win, she will be the first-ever black Republican woman to win a seat in Congress.

Love told of her parents' journey to the U.S., saying they arrived with only $10 in their pockets.

"The America I grew up knowing was centered in self-reliance and filled with the possibilities of living the American dream," Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah said.

"Our story has been told over 200 years, with small steps and giant leaps, from a woman on a bus to a man with a dream," she said.

She took president Obama to task, calling his version of America a divided one, one that pits people against one another "based on income level, gender and social status."

"We are not better off than we were four years ago and no rhetoric, bumper sticker or Hollywood campaign ad can change that," she said.

She also said that the American dream is not just her story, or President Obama's story but "our story." Love said it's possible to restore and revive the American story. "The world will know it, our children will tell it, and our grandchildren will possess it for years to come," she said.

Love is a conservative and a convert to Mormonism. She's currently challenging Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson, a six-term incumbent. Her exposure at the convention could give her a boost.

She is also a favorite of tea-party and conservative Republicans for her groundbreaking role in state politics as Utah's first black woman to become a mayor.

Her speech lasted only a few minutes but she was an instant hit, drawing numerous ovations, even chants of "U-S-A."

Love took office as mayor of Saratoga Springs two years ago and has received a lot of support from top Republicans.

Arizona Sen. John McCain and House Speaker John Boehner made recent stops in Utah to help her raise money, and she was endorsed by Ann Romney, the wife of GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to give Love another boost September 7.

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Keywords: Mia Love, Utah, Mormon, conservative, Republican

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Judy Claar
9 months ago
I think that she is a fresh breath of air! We must pray for her; and others like her, that speak the Real Truth of Self-Reliance and the True and Real American Way=In God We Trust. As far as negativism...we must ignore it with prayers! with True speech and actions of our own. Blessings my friends...
JoAnn
9 months ago
Vance: They wouldn't know tolerance, if it came up and bit the on the you know what. God bless.
JoAnn
9 months ago
Bill Sr: Mia was wonderful. I bet Artur Davis is blackballed for sure! You know the Dem that turned REP. God bless.
JoAnn
9 months ago
jp: I would say that was racist, wouldn't you? They certainly would say that if it were the other way around. God bless.
vance
9 months ago
Wow, the Party of Death and Deceit are reving up their Hate and Racist Machine trashing and calling her hateful names. Weren't we told that the Party of Death and Deceit is the Party of Tolerance??
Bill Sr.
9 months ago
Very true JoAnn
The media will dare not mention the fact there have been over half a dozen very effective speakers at the NRC so far this week who were Black, Latino, and Native American men and women, even former Democrats, governors, congressmen, mayors, and Secretary of State witnessing the truth that we the people have had all we can take of the Democrat party Obama is in control of and leading us to economic ruin. Not only are their policies eroding the greatest nation on earth but their hate filled rhetoric and the continued demonizing of anyone brave enough to call them out so obviously displays their false compassion and ruthless demeanor.
jp
9 months ago
With African-American support for Mitt Romney at 0.0 percent,
techwreck
9 months ago
What a contrast! It is inspiring to see Republicans, like Mia Love, who love this country and appreciate all that it offers instead of Democrats who have divided themselves into groups and are angry because this country isn't giving them enough! The conservatives ask not what their country can do for them, but what they can do for their country. But, the liberals just don't understand the concept of freedom!
Harold Olsen
9 months ago
The liberals in the brain dead media will soon be going her after along with Obama's Nazi machine. As far as the left is concerned, being a black conservative Republican is illegal, especially when they talk about self-reliance.
buster
9 months ago
so true sir, they already have. the vile and hate that comes from them truly are evil

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