Loretta Lynch supporters hold ‘pray-in’ on Capitol Hill to urge a vote on her confirmation

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WASHINGTON (RNS) African-American women of faith joined other women and political leaders in a “pray-in” Wednesday to call on Republicans to stop delaying the confirmation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.

“We’re standing before dead ears and asking you to open them up right now, God, that they might hear you,” said Barbara Williams-Skinner, co-chair of the National African-American Clergy Network. “That they would wake up now from a dead sleep, unaware that America, Americans of all types and backgrounds, are united behind the fundamental concept of fairness.”