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This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent. Donald Trump was at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday morning,

where he was treated to a sermon by the Episcopal Bishop of Washington,

the right Reverend Marianne Edgar Buddy.

In an extraordinary moment, she urged Trump to show mercy on a number of the likely

victims of his coming policies, from LGBTQ people to undocumented immigrants. Trump was unmoved,

though he was clearly irritated by the impudence of this appeal right in his face.

The big question, though, is this. What are the prospects for

appeals to decency and humanity, like this one, to break through in the face of the rising

cruelty and authoritarianism that Trump is set to unleash? We're talking about all this today with

Vanessa Cardenas, the executive director of the Immigration Advocacy Group,

America's Voice, who spends much over time attempting to appeal to people's decency on immigration.

Thanks for coming back on the show, Vanessa.

Thanks for having me, Greg.

Really happy to be here.

So first, we're going to play an excerpt of the sermon that the right Reverend Marianne

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