Can you imagine if President Biden told the people of Florida, I'm not going to give you disaster relief unless you change your gun laws or Louisiana with your abortion laws. It's unconscionable.
Padilla emphasizes the unacceptability of conditioning disaster relief on state policy changes.
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This is an interfaith group and it’s beautiful to see so many different faith traditions united by the common belief that everybody deserves to be treated with dignity and that every voice deserves to be heard by our government.
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