At National Prayer Service, a plea to Trump: 'Have mercy'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Beside Trump sat first lady Melania Trump.
61% : Trump did not speak at the service, which was closed to the public and came at the start of his first full day in office.
53% : "Soon after, Trump walked out of the cathedral and into the bite of the January wind.
52% : "Appearing to refer to that statement, Budde urged Trump to show compassion, particularly for "the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals.
51% : During his inaugural address Monday, Trump told the nation he saw divine intervention in his return to the White House, citing his close call during the assassination attempt last summer: "I was saved by God to make America great again.
50% : Chief Jesse J. Swann Jr. of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe withdrew his participation when he learned Trump would be there.
47% : It was here that all five living presidents gathered less than two weeks ago for former president Jimmy Carter's funeral -- the first time they had all been together since Trump won a second term.
46% : She was among those who in 2019, during Trump's first term, wrote a statement that read in part, "After two years of President Trump's words and actions, when will Americans have enough?"A year later, Budde said she was "outraged" when federal officers used force to clear a crowd of peaceful demonstrators from the street between the White House and St. John's Church, apparently so Trump could visit.
44% : Then she turn to Trump, seated feet away.
40% : "When Chief Swann was contacted, it was never specified that President Trump would be attending," the Piscataway Conoy Tribal Elders Committee wrote in an email to The Post.

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