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March 6, 2025

Faith Leaders Mark Ash Wednesday with Calls to Reverse Trump and Musk's Attacks on the Poor
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Faith leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., yesterday to mark the
Christian holy day of Ash Wednesday and to condemn the Trump
administration and Elon Musk's attacks on the poor. They shared the
findings of a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies, the
Economic Policy Institute and Repairers of the Breach, detailing how
Trump and the Republican Party are taking more services and money away
from working people, while cutting taxes for the wealthiest. This is
Rev. Dr. William Barber.

Bishop William Barber II: "If an unelected technocrat can delete the
financial commitments of a government established for the people and by
the people, and we don't say anything, we betray our moral commitments
to liberty."



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