The “woke” leftist Episcopalian bishop who used her pulpit earlier this week to lecture President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance about their immigration and LGBTQ policies is now embroiled in a new scandal of her own making.
During her sermon at the Washington National Cathedral with Trump and Vance and their families in attendance, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde implored both leaders to “have mercy” on various liberal Democratic causes like illegal migrants and biological males competing in female sporting events.
Budde was widely criticized for her remarks on social media, but in a subsequent interview on CNN, she doubled down when speaking to host Erin Burnett.
“I was looking at the President because I was speaking directly to him. I was also, frankly as you do in every sermon, speaking to everyone who was listening through that one-on-one conversation with the President, reminding us all that the people that are frightened in our country, the two groups of people that I mentioned, are our fellow human beings,” Budde said Wednesday.
