Bishop Unexpectedly Calls Trump Out During Inauguration Prayer Service: 'Have Mercy' on LGBT Children

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, addressed Trump directly as the newly inaugurated president sat with his family and Vice President JD Vance at Washington National Cathedral.
60% : "As the bishop's sermon progressed, Trump could be seen watching her between switching from looking at the ground or at his prayer booklet.
59% : Trump has already signed an executive order stating that only two sexes, male and female, will be recognized by the U.S. government.
53% : His daughter Tiffany Trump, who sat in the row behind him, turned to her husband at one point, while Vance turned to look at his wife, Usha Vance.
48% : "Budde added that she wished Trump would "help those fleeing warzones and persecution in their own lands" by welcoming them to the United States, adding, "for we were all once strangers in this land.
46% : Donald Trump was called out by an Episcopal Church bishop during the inauguration prayer service, during which she asked him to "have mercy" on LGBTQ+ children.
44% : Trump also took down the border app CBP One which migrants had been able to use to enter the border legally, in addition to beginning the process of eliminating birthright citizenship, as reported by CNN.
39% : "The bishop also used her time to ask Trump to also "have mercy" on undocumented immigrants, who she said have families and contribute to American society.
33% : In what she referred to as "one final plea," Budde told Trump from the altar, "In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.
31% : Budde has spoken out against Trump in the past, previously calling the president's decision to take photos with a Bible at St. John's Episcopal Church after the church was damaged by protestors in 2020 a "backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus," the Christian Post reported.

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