The example below was actually one of multiple prominent events/sermons/faith-based demonstrations like this about Trump in recent days.
The press largely didn’t cover them — but when Budde spoke, the location and timing made it impossible for media (and Trump) to ignore.
https://bsky.app/profile/jackjenkins.me/post/3lg6q3pt7is2b
The press largely didn’t cover them — but when Budde spoke, the location and timing made it impossible for media (and Trump) to ignore.
https://bsky.app/profile/jackjenkins.me/post/3lg6q3pt7is2b
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Jack Jenkins
1. Ahead of Trump's inauguration, activist and pastor Rev. William Barber is preaching at an MLK celebration at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Rejects that Trump won a “mandate,” arguing “you never win a mandate to violate justice. You never win a mandate to hurt people with your power.”
Also…
Rejects that Trump won a “mandate,” arguing “you never win a mandate to violate justice. You never win a mandate to hurt people with your power.”
Also…
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The USCCB taking the critical position it did on some of Trump’s EOs isn’t surprising, but the *way* they did — with (relative) umph — struck me as interesting.
It’ll be a thing to watch, for sure.
Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz on Trump: "The use of sweeping generalizations to denigrate any group, such as describing all undocumented immigrants as ‘criminals' or ‘invaders,’ to deprive them of protection under the law, is an affront to God, who has created each of us in his own image."