Noting that he was a “Reform Jew from the East Coast,” Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank began his article on Friday saying, “I never dreamed I’d be writing these words: I’m finding solace in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

Alongside quotes from former Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, he said the church “has been turning out one conservative elected official after another who has demanded we pull back from the political abyss.”

While reporting on the conversation Gov. Cox had with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in Washington this week, Milbank suggested that Gov. Cox “has been beating the drum for decency, civility and compromise more than any other prominent elected Republican in the country, and perhaps more

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