Woke Bishop Says She Didn’t Politicize Prayer, Everyone Else Did
Mariann Edgar Budde used a Tuesday prayer service to attack President Donald Trump for not embracing gender ideology, illegal immigration.
By Virginia Kruta
TOPSHOT - Bishop Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde speaks during the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said on Wednesday that she had not politicized her remarks during the inaugural prayer service one day prior, instead claiming that everyone else had politicized what she said.
Budde, who used the prayer service and her position at the pulpit to effectively scold President Donald Trump and other Republicans for failing to embrace and “show mercy” to transgender-identifying people and illegal aliens, appeared on ABC’s “The View” to defend her remarks.
Ana Navarro, after lavishing praise on the “very demure and very mindful” bishop, asked Budde whether she believed her message — which she claimed was about “unity” — had gotten through to any of the members of the incoming Trump administration.
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