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Are Conservatives Being 'Debanked'?
Manage episode 514773987 series 3208963
Steve Happ was packing to leave Tennessee for an evangelical mission to Uganda in 2023 when Bank of America told him it was canceling his church’s bank account and his credit cards. Happ soon became the symbol of a conservative complaint: Financial institutions are allegedly ’debanking’ people because of their religious or political views. WSJ’s Alexander Saeedy on President Trump’s fight with the banks over debanking. Ryan Knutson hosts.
Further Listening:
-How a New 'Anti-Woke' Bank Stumbled
-Outcry at Bank of America Over Dangerous Workloads
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1617 episodes
Manage episode 514773987 series 3208963
Steve Happ was packing to leave Tennessee for an evangelical mission to Uganda in 2023 when Bank of America told him it was canceling his church’s bank account and his credit cards. Happ soon became the symbol of a conservative complaint: Financial institutions are allegedly ’debanking’ people because of their religious or political views. WSJ’s Alexander Saeedy on President Trump’s fight with the banks over debanking. Ryan Knutson hosts.
Further Listening:
-How a New 'Anti-Woke' Bank Stumbled
-Outcry at Bank of America Over Dangerous Workloads
Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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