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As trump continues his racist attacks, prominent church leaders speak

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National Cathedral: Trump 'gives cover to white supremacists'
The Washington National Cathedral has warned Donald Trump’s words “give cover to white supremacists,” in the wake of his recent attacks on minority lawmakers, Baltimore and the congressman who represents the city, Elijah Cummings.

The Washington DC-based Episcopal cathedral is one of the country’s pre-eminent religious institutions and has been the site of presidential funerals, inauguration prayer services and memorials.

It is not the first time the Cathedral has been critical of Trump policies, but it is certainly the most specific criticism of Trump’s normal behavior.

This week, President Trump crossed another threshold. Not only did he insult a leader in the fight for racial justice and equality for all persons; not only did he savage the nations from which immigrants to this country have come; but now he has condemned the residents of an entire American city. Where will he go from here?

Make no mistake about it, words matter. And, Mr. Trump’s words are dangerous.

These words are more than a “dog-whistle.” When such violent dehumanizing words come from the President of the United States, they are a clarion call, and give cover, to white supremacists who consider people of color a sub-human “infestation” in America. They serve as a call to action from those people to keep America great by ridding it of such infestation. Violent words lead to violent actions.

When does silence become complicity? What will it take for us all to say, with one voice, that we have had enough? The question is less about the president’s sense of decency, but of ours.

As leaders of faith who believe in the sacredness of every single human being, the time for silence is over. We must boldly stand witness against the bigotry, hatred, intolerance, and xenophobia that is hurled at us, especially when it comes from the highest offices of this nation. We must say that this will not be tolerated. To stay silent in the face of such rhetoric is for us to tacitly condone the violence of these words. We are compelled to take every opportunity to oppose the indecency and dehumanization that is racism, whether it comes to us through words or actions.

The statement was signed by Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral; and the Rev. Canon Kelly Brown Douglas, canon theologian of Washington National Cathedral.

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