Cruz flies to Romney's defense in spat with Trump over Mormonism

“It was sad yesterday to see Donald Trump stand up in Utah and call into question Mitt Romney’s faith,” the Texas senator told reporters on Saturday after a rally in Draper ahead of the state’s Republican nominating contest on March 22.

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“That has no place in politics; that is wrong. It’s disgraceful to call into question the faith of another, and that is an attack that I think doesn’t belong in Utah and it doesn’t belong in politics,” Cruz said.

Trump jabbed at Romney late on Friday at Salt Lake City’s Infinity Event Center, less than two miles from the world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the city’s Temple Square.

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