From Joe.My.God.
Trump Demands “Public Apology” From “Nasty” DC Bishop Who Urged Him To Show Mercy On Minorities
Politico reports:
U.S. President Donald Trump hit out Wednesday at a bishop who directly called on him to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ people.
During the inaugural prayer service Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral attended by Trump, Vice President JD Vance and their families, the Right Rev Mariann Budde delivered a sermon in which she appealed to Trump to be merciful to minorities, “some who fear for their lives.”
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde said, referring to “gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families.” Most “immigrants are not criminals,” she added. “They pay taxes and are good neighbors.”
Yahoo News reports:
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) heavily criticized statements made by the Right Rev. Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural prayer service held for President Trump.
“The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list,” Collins wrote in a post on X with a clip of Budde’s comments.
Collins’s statement comes after Trump’s promise to carry out the largest deportation in the country’s history. During the service, Budde begged for mercy over communities likely to be impacted by Trump’s new policies.
Yesterday shitbag Newsmax host Todd Starnes declared that the “National Cathedral has become a sanctuary of Satan.”
Here’s Trump’s post-midnight post:
The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.
She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions.
It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!
Trump has never once criticized the countless evangelicals who brought their “church into the world of politics” by declaring that he was literally chosen by God.
As someone brought up Catholic pre and post Vatican II, but no longer an adherent, I can say the words of Bishop Budde express exactly the values we were taught. These modern day Catholics (like Cardinal Dolan) who criticized her are closer to evangelicals and Christian nationalists and, in my humble opinion, are heretics.
Also: this Bishop was speaking well within the purview of her Christian ministry. If that seems too political, well, so be it.
Christ too, was political.