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.”