According to Mormon prophecy, after the banks fail and the Constitution is nearing collapse, Mormons flush with wealth - ' White Horses ' - rise and lead America back to greatness - according to Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church.

The idea that one day Mormons will be called upon to save the country when they see the Constitution “hang by a thread” is the controversial prophecy’s best-known line, and the source of what Brigham Young University’s Encyclopedia of Mormonism refers to as “an important oral tradition.

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Romney’s father, who said at the outset of his own presidential run that he believed in the special role Mormons had to play in preserving the Constitution.

Source: Politico.com

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