Posted on 03/16/2025 8:26:31 AM PDT by Twotone
If you’ve ever had a rug pulled out from under you, then you know how it feels to suddenly lose access to your own bank account.
That’s what happened to me in 2022, when JPMorgan Chase, America’s largest bank, abruptly canceled our newly opened account for the National Committee for Religious Freedom.
I started NCRF after spending decades in public life, including three years in the first Trump administration serving as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
The group proactively defends the constitutional freedom of religion so that all Americans can peaceably live according to their faith. Our advisory board includes Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Christian leaders from a wide variety of mainstream denominations.
Yet when I tried to deposit a donation at a local Chase branch, I was informed the bank had closed our account — without giving me any reason why.
The following week, we received an official letter stating that we were no longer Chase customers.
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The group proactively defends the constitutional freedom of religion so that all Americans can peaceably live according to their faith. Our advisory board includes Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Christian leaders from a wide variety of mainstream denominations.
Then, Mr. Brownback, you are a delusional idiot. Among that list of faiths is one totally dedicated to using people like you to destroy all the others. Guess which one?
More of the same.
If it’s a lefty Marxist, Antifa individual, no problem. It’s it’s a leftist cause like LGBTQIA, no problem...
These banks should get the snot sued out of them. Hit them where it hurts them most, in the pocket book.
They debanked me as well. They don’t tell you anything. Just say that someone may have stole your identity. Not for sure, just that you need to look into it. When you find no evidence of that. They slightly change their story. Its hard to fight as they don’t give you a firm reason. When they finally stop fighting you they don’t give a reason for that either, nor do they tell you. You just find that you can get an account, if you try again. I think that Chase is tightly aligned with the US Treasury. More so than other banks. And that includes their credit cards as well as bank accounts. If you get one of their cards, make sure you have cards and accounts from other banks as well.
Debanking is a useful tool for government officials and executives of banks committed to an ideology. There is a reason Congress does not address the issue with legislation requiring banks to provide transparency about the decision, or government directive, when consumers are debanked.
The problem is that he is relying on Chase - the bank itself - to reform. That isn't a victory. Its a temporary halt until the heat is off. All those policy changes he's crowing about can be reversed silently, or not applied to conservatives who are more controversial than him or who don't have the resources that he has.
It’s not enough for all of the harm done....
I highly recommend to anyone in their region.....
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Do you suppose these directives to close bank accounts of conservative and religious organizations came from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?
Banks doing this need to be punished.
I’m sure the Biden Administration had something to do with it.
“Stop the Hate and End the Fear; Kick Illegals Out of Here!”
Because it happened in China, England, Canada and Australia all near the same time, I would say its on purpose. And I don’t think its caused by DEI. But I think the same powers that created DEI also used debanking to attack people they wanted to demote without putting them in jail. In China they seperate you from your money. In Canada they separate you from income. But in the US its harder because there are more banking options. Chase is the one that applies more debanking. Bank of America and CIT also do it. There are lots of small Credit Unions and local banks that don’t have this ability. So, while you may not get the credit card you want. You can often get a credit card of some type.
Antisemitism bad.
Anti-christianism bad. And personal.
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