Bishop Mariann Budde issues new plea to Americans after Trump spat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

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.
43% : Speaking to reporters at the White House shortly after the service, Trump was more reserved than his Truth Social rebuke, but said briefly that he thought Budde 'could have been much better.' 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.'
42% : Trump said in brief remarks at the White House that Budde 'could have been much better' in response to her sermon on Tuesday 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.
35% : She and her church owe the public an apology!' Budde's sermon went viral on Tuesday after she went on a wild lecture claiming trans kids were 'fearing for their lives' now Trump is back in the White House.
34% : Budde begged Trump to grant 'mercy upon the people in our country that are scared now', invoking the bible as she said 'God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger.' 'There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives,' she continued.
27% : 'And I think if we could get that back as a country, we would go a long way in being able to work together to address the many problems that we face.' It comes after President Trump issued a scathing rebuke of Budde with a 1am Truth Social post overnight, slamming her as 'not compelling or smart' and demanding an apology to the public. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, pleaded with Americans to have a 'different kind of conversation' about tackling hot-button issues as she revealed she received death threats following her political sermon to President Trump Budde angered conservatives with her sermon at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday as she pleaded with President Trump to show 'mercy' to illegal immigrants and transgender children In her interview with Maddow, Budde said she decided to give the political sermon during her preparation for the National Prayer Service, and she was thinking about the 'pillars of unity.' 'It struck me that I was missing one.
26% : 'It depends on the moment, we're in a particularly harsh moment now when it comes to conversations around immigrant populations in our midst, and so that was the reason for the tone I took now.' Budde, 65, the left-wing Episcopal Bishop of Washington, later admitted that she used the religious event to 'talk directly' to Trump in her sermon Trump sat stony-faced throughout the sermon delivered by Bishop Mariann Budde at Tuesday's National Prayer Service as she begged him to grant 'mercy' on transgender children and illegal immigrants Budde spoke out after Trump slammed her in a post to Truth Social to his legion of followers, describing her as a 'radical left hardline Trump hater.' 'She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way.
20% : Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno also waded in to condemn Budde, saying on X: 'As a Catholic and legal immigrant, it's outrageous that some woke Bishop would lecture President Trump about deporting illegals.
17% : Woke bishop Mariann Budde pleaded with Americans to have a 'different kind of conversation' about tackling hot-button issues as she revealed she has received death threats following her political sermon to President Trump.
5% : She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.' After Budde used her sermon to beg Trump for 'mercy' towards transgender children and illegal immigrants, Trump said her argument ignored reality.

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