A college Republican group tapped an LDS BYU student for political director. The backlash was swift.
“I believe in mass deportations,” the 23-year-old return missionary said, “done indiscriminately, without favoritism or partiality.”
(Kai Schwemmer via X; illustration by Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Screenshots from Kai Schwemmer's X account. The BYU student was named political director of the College Republicans of America.
Tamarra Kemsley has been a reporter at The Tribune since 2021 but has been covering religion and politics since 2019. Her work has appeared in Religion News Service, the New York Post, and Religion & Politics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University and a master’s in Islamic studies from Hebrew University.