Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump

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‘Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined NPR's All Things Considered on Wednesday to discuss her hope President Trump's new administration would show compassion toward vulnerable communities following a sermon she made on Tuesday. "I decided to ask him as gently as I could to have mercy," Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, said of her plea to Trump, telling All Things Considered, "how dangerous it is to speak of people in these broad categories, and particularly immigrants, as all being criminals or transgender children somehow being dangerous."

"To be united as a country with so many riches of diversity, we need mercy. We need compassion. We need empathy. And rather than list that as a broad category, as you heard me say, I decided to make an appeal to the president." Her appearance on All Things Considered comes after a prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral, during which the bishop spoke directly to President Trump, who was seated in the front row alongside Vice President Vance.

"Let me make one final plea, Mr. President," Budde said in her sermon, which lasted 15 minutes. "Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now," Budde said, turning her gaze towards the president.

Trump and his allies quickly criticized the bishop's remarks, with one Republican congressman saying that the American-born Budde should be "added to the deportation list."’

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5270918/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-trump-interview

A Republican congressman wants to ‘deport’ a US citizen – typical of the fascist right.

Needless to say, Budde’s plea for mercy and empathy was wasted on a hateful, racist, bigoted Trump.

And the Bishop has nothing to apologize for; one should never apologize for speaking the truth to fear, ignorance, and hate.

Transgender children aren't dangerous. What's being done to children by adults is what's dangerous

 

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[Harry Dresden]

oh geezus.....lol...

 

[Polishprince]

When Jesus H. Christ delivered His sermon on the mount, He didn't use the opportunity to attack any of the listeners personally, or make political points