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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Appears On ‘The View’: No Apologies For Trump Sermon, Condemns “Culture Of Contempt”
The bishop who publicly urged Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ people – and was dismissed as “a Radical Left hard line Trump hater” by the president – responded with an appearance, remotely, on ABC’s The View today, giving a full-throated plea for “unity.” Introduced by moderator Joy Behar (Whoopi Goldberg is […]
During yesterday’s inauguration prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, Budde said to Trump during her sermon, “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. And the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. Asked by co-host Sunny Hostin about Trump’s “crackdown on immigration” that includes no longer honoring churches as sanctuaries, Budde said it was “heartbreaking” but added, “Let me be clear that it was never encoded in law.
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