Bishop pleads with Trump at inaugural prayer service over LGBTQ and immigration policies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Trump was seated in the first row alongside first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance during the service, a tradition undertaken by presidents of both parties.
51% : " When Budde finished her sermon, Trump leaned over to say something to Vance, who shook his head in response.
45% : Budde's remarks come a day after Trump was sworn in to office and signed a slew of roughly 100 executive actions, some of which included policies affecting LGBTQ people and immigrants.
41% : The Trump administration also discontinued use of a government app, CBP One, used by migrants to submit their information and schedule appointments at southwest border ports of entry, according to a statement posted on the Customs and Border Protection website.
36% : Later, as Trump was walking through the White House colonnade with his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, reporters asked him what he thought of the sermon.
35% : Regarding LGBTQ people, Trump signed a sweeping executive order proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and a second order ending "radical and wasteful" diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies.
32% : On immigration, Trump signed a flurry of executive actions, including ones that sought to end birthright citizenship, halt all refugee admissions and send the military to the southern border.
23% : In June 2020, she wrote an op-ed for The New York Times criticizing Trump for clearing Lafayette Square, near the White House, amid the George Floyd protests and then posing for photos on the grounds of nearby St. John's Church while holding a Bible.
16% : Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on LGBTQ issues and immigration within hours of being sworn in as president.
13% : Tuesday's sermon was not the first time Budde, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, has criticized Trump.

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