The Democrats urged the bishops not to move on with rejecting Communion to chosen authorities based upon their politics, stating the “weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic legislators for their assistance of a females safe and legal access to abortion is inconsistent.” They explained that there are elected officials who support policies contrary to the Churchs mentors, “including supporting the capital punishment, separating migrant kids from their parents, denying asylum to those looking for safety in the United States, restricting support for the hungry and food insecure, and denying rights and self-respect to immigrants.”