By Michael Woyton
Speaking truth to power takes courage.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, spoke truth to President Donald J. Felon Tuesday at a prayer service at the National Cathedral.
The service was planned last summer and was going to have as its guest whoever won the November election, the New York Times reported.
Budde closed her sermon by urging the newly installed president “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” the Times said.
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She said that LGBTQ people and immigrants who are among those faced with a crackdown on illegal immigration and a dismantling of federal protections for transgender individuals.
In a long list of executive orders signed by the felon so far, the government now recognizes only two sexes with those sexes defined at birth, declared a national emergency at the border and has rescinded President Joe Biden’s 2021 EO that aimed to prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation.
Budde said, according to The New Republic’s transcript, “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country. We’re scared now. 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 shifts 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. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples. I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here.”
Pres. Felon was not pleased with her remarks.
In a social media post, he said Budde was a “so-called Bishop” and, obvs because she is a woman, said she was “nasty.”
According to the adjudicated rapist-in-chief: “She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way” and her sermon was “a very boring and uninspiring one.”
He also said Budde was “not very good at her job!” and owes the public an apology.
It’s kind of quaint that the once and again president was surprised to hear that not everyone thinks he walks on water.
It’s worth watching this clip from the service via the Palm Beach Post on YouTube just for the reaction shots of the president and his entourage.
Lead art: Screen grab from Palm Beach Post video on YouTube.
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Watching the body language and expressions of his entourage as they listened to the Bishop, spoke volumes, and exuded hatred.
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