On A Day He Should Be Celebrating Sheen, Cupich Decides To Attack Trump

Today the Vatican announced the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen who was from Illinois. As the Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich should have used this day to celebrate this wonderful news.  Instead, Cupich chose to jump on the “hate Trump” bandwagon, repeating a false accusation that Trump had targeted the Obamas with a racist social media post. Here’s the message Cardinal Cupich sent to all personnel in his archdiocese:

From: Arch Link <archlink@archchicago.org>
Sent: Monday, February 9, 2026 10:32 AM
Subject: Statement of Cardinal Cupich calling for an apology from the White House for a racist social media post

This message is going to all clergy and staff of the Archdiocese

Portraying human beings as animals – less than human – is not new.

It was a common way in past centuries for politicians and others to demean immigrant groups as each arrived, the Chinese, Irish, Italians, Slavs, Jews, Latinos and so on. Cartoons, “news” articles, even theatrical productions carried the message that these “others” were worthy of ridicule.

It made it easier to turn a blind eye to their privation, pay them pitiful wages and mock their “foreign” religion even as the country needed their labor. It immunized the national conscience when we turned away shiploads of refugees, lynched thousands and doomed generations to poverty.

We tell ourselves that those days belong in the past – that even sharing that history is harmful to the fantasy of equality we strive to create.

A few days ago, we saw that in the White House such blatant racism is not merely a practice of the past. If the President intentionally approved the message containing viciously racist images, he should admit it. If he did not know of it originally, he should explain why he let his staff describe the public outcry over their transmission as fake outrage.

Either way he should apologize. Our shock is real. So is our outrage. Nothing less than an unequivocal apology – to the nation and to the persons demeaned – is acceptable.

And it must come immediately.

The post below explains what actually happened with President Trump’s social media post. Once again, Cupich has clearly exposed his true priorities by choosing to launch a false political attack Trump on versus celebrate the beautification of Archbishop Sheen.