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Ad campaign blasts Biden for ‘notable silence’ on Catholic church attacks

A conservative Catholic advocacy group launched an ad campaign Wednesday contrasting President Biden’s lackluster response to recent church attacks to that of the only other Catholic commander-in-chief, President John F. Kennedy.

The $1 million television and digital ad release called “Churches Burning” shows Kennedy forcefully condemning arson attacks on Black churches in the early 1960s versus Mr. Biden’s “notable silence” on dozens of churches targeted by pro-choice extremists.

“President Kennedy pledged justice,” the narrator says in the 30-second spot. “Now churches are being burned again because they protect unborn babies and women in need. Our second Catholic president?