Woke bishop admits to using inaugural prayer service to rebuke Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : She is known to champion leftist causes through her ministry, and on her diocesan website, she boasts of serving as 'an advocate and organizer in support of justice concerns, including racial equity, gun violence prevention, immigration reform, the full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons, and the care of creation.'
49% : In 2020 she hit out at Trump who staged a visit to St John's Church near the White House after police dispersed protestorsFollowing Budde's speech, scrutiny fell on her background as some questioned why she was granted the honor of delivering the sermon.
47% : After the sermon went viral, an image from Budde's church, the St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church, circulated across social media, showing the church - which also reportedly serves as a migrant shelter - attempts to ban ICE and Homeland Security from entering.
46% : I ask you to have mercy Mr. President on those in communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away.'Trump didn't react to the pointed message as he sat staring at Budde, although others in his group, including new Vice President JD Vance, wore a more telling expression on their faces.
42% : 'I've given up speaking to President Trump.
39% : 'We don't need to portray with a broad cloth in the harshest of terms some of the most vulnerable people in our society, who are in fact our neighbors and our friends.'Budde spoke out after Trump said in response to her sermon that she 'can do much better' after sitting through the lecture pleading for 'mercy' for illegal immigrants and transgender children.
37% : Trump sat stony-faced as Budde delivered her sermon, although others in his group, including new Vice President JD Vance, wore a more telling expression on their facesMoreno said on X: 'As a Catholic and legal immigrant, it's outrageous that some woke Bishop would lecture President Trump about deporting illegals.
27% : Mariann Budde, 65, the left-wing Episcopal Bishop of Washington, said she gave a viral political lecture at Tuesday's National Prayer Service because of how Trump portrayed transgender children and illegal immigrants 'in the harshest of lights'Budde, 65, the left-wing Episcopal Bishop of Washington, said that she was 'talking directly' to Trump in her sermonTrump sat stony-faced throughout the sermon, with conservatives slamming Budde for politicizing the religious eventAsked by reporters at the White House for his verdict on the lecture from Mariann Budde, the left-wing Episcopal Bishop of Washington, earlier on Tuesday, Trump responded: 'What did you think?
27% : Trump sat stone-faced in the front row, next to First Lady Melania Trump, as the prelate told him illegal immigrants were 'not criminals', and he shouldn't deport those with children.
26% : We need to replace President Trump,' she said then.
23% : As Budde's sermon drew outrage from conservatives who questioned her decision to politicize the religious service, Republican Congressman Mike Collins said on X: 'The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list.'Donald Trump said Mariann Budde, the left-wing Episcopal Bishop of Washington, 'could have been much better' in a scathing response to her sermon on TuesdayBudde, 65, sparked backlash at the National Prayer Service on Trump's first full day back in the presidency, as she unleashed a wild lecture claiming trans kids were 'fearing for their lives' due to him being in the Oval OfficeAfter the sermon went viral, an image from Budde's church - which also reportedly serves as a migrant shelter - showed the property attempts to ban ICE and Homeland Security from enteringIn her remarks, Budde directed the message of her sermon directly to Trump as she begged him to grant 'mercy upon the people in our country that are scared now.''There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives,' she continued.
18% : A woke bishop who went viral after rebuking President Trump at Tuesday's National Prayer Service said she gave the political lecture because of how Trump portrayed transgender children and illegal immigrants 'in the harshest of lights.'Mariann Budde, 65, the left-wing Episcopal Bishop of Washington, told CNN that she was 'talking directly' to Trump in her sermon, which drew outrage from conservatives.
12% : She also has a long history of criticizing President Trump during his first term.
9% : At the time, she said that Trump's actions were 'antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that we as a church stand for.'She also condemned Trump while attending an outdoor

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