The Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s remarks followed executive actions from Trump to crack down on immigration and roll back protections for trans people.

"Such a profoundly love-centered, bold appeal to his humanity and on behalf of humanity." —Bernice King, daughter of MLK Jr.

Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia is very much a fathead. So Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde used her time in the pulpit on Tuesday to remind El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago what a complete fcking heathen he is, saying, in part:

Donald Trump may have spent his first days in office granting indulgences to the violent rioters who sacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but God forbid he be asked to show mercy to the marginalized groups he plans to scapegoat as president.

President Donald Trump wants an apology from Bishop Mariann Budde after she asked him for mercy during the national prayer service on Tuesday. During Tuesday’s prayer service, Budde asked Trump to have “mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” Trump did not appreciate being scolded at and demanded an apology from her.

In a prayer service on Tuesday for the new president at the National Cathedral, the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, D.C., took the opportunity to ask President Donald Trump for mercy for immigrants and the LGBTQ community. The reactions have been stark, and mixed.

Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, has voiced concern about Trump’s language and conduct for years.

There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives,” Mariann Edgar Budde told the president at the National Prayer Serv