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ChicagoTeamster

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7. Some of the excerpts in the post mentioned the anti-catholic and anti-muslim speakers headlining the event

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #4)

Sun May 17, 2026, 02:56 PM

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The taxpayer-funded event is hosting religious speakers who trashed Pope Leo’s words as “pious blather” and claimed Muslims are taught to “murder and rape.”

That's what I was referring to

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