Bishop who lectured Trump launches media tour, emerges as first 'Resistance' darling of second term
Mariann Edgar Budde has given several interviews including to CNN, MSNBC, NYT, ABC's 'The View'
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Fox News
Published January 24, 2025 7:00am EST
It did not take very long for the legacy media to elevate the first #Resistance figure to emerge in the second Trump presidency.
Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, went viral Tuesday morning for her pointed message directed at President Donald Trump, who was joined in the pews by Vice President JD Vance and their families for the National Prayer Service.
"Let me make one final plea, Mr. President," Budde said. "In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives."
"And 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 shift in hospitals, they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors," she continued.
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