Hispanic Pastor Calls on Church and Government to Bridge Racial Divide

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🗓️ 26 June 2020

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Summary

There is no easy answer to America’s racial and political divide. But one thing is clear, healing in America will require both the church and government leaders taking action to build bridges in our nation.

“Silence is not an option. Complacency makes us complicit,” The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and a member of the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission, said in a statement after the killing of George Floyd. Rodriguez joins the podcast to explain the need for a national commission to address the broken trust between the African American community and law enforcement, and the role of the church during this critical time in history.

Rodriguez also discusses some of the latest work of The Heritage Foundation's National Coronavirus Recovery Commission.

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Attorney General Bill Barr said there are about 500 open investigations looking into crimes committed in the past weeks following riots in the wake of George Floyd's death.
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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday 7-2 that people who are seeking asylum in the United States do not have the right to have a hearing in a federal court before being deported.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, June 26th. I'm Rachel Del Judas.
0:09.7	And I'm Virginia Allen. As tension in America continues to mount after the killing of George Floyd,
0:16.3	Reverend Samuel Rodriguez says it will require both the Church in America and government leaders
0:25.2	to create needed solutions for reconciliation.
0:30.4	Rodriguez joins the podcast to explain what some of these solutions might be, and to give us an update on the Heritage Foundation's National
0:33.7	Coronovirus Recovery Commission, of which he is a member.
0:37.0	Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a
0:41.0	review or a five-star rating on Apple Podcast and encourage others to subscribe.
0:45.0	Now, on to our top news.
0:47.0	Attorney General Bill Barr said on a podcast called Verdict with Ted Cruz, who is a
0:58.9	Republican that there are about 500 investigations open looking into crimes committed in the past weeks following
1:05.8	the death of George Floyd in the rioting that ensued.
1:09.0	We have right now about 500 investigations underway, Barr said, according to the Daily Wire.
1:14.5	So it's picking up pace and we are committed to holding accountable the people who are engaged
1:18.6	in this.
1:19.8	But we still have to try to stop it before it happens and that's where the burden is right
1:24.4	now on state and local and in many places they're not stepping up to the plate
1:28.6	they're not doing their job of those involved with the violence over the past weeks, Barr said,
1:34.8	a number of them are associated with the movement called Antifil, but they go by various
1:39.3	names, but frequently
1:43.7	inarkistic. They are different than many traditional groups
1:46.1	and frequently the signs of coordination and activity
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