The fake claim alleged Budde was removed for her comments during President Donald Trump's inaugural prayer service.
In the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington asked President Trump to "have mercy upon the people in our country."
After Trump’s disastrous first week in office, people flocked to the Washington National Cathedral to show support for Bishop Budde and a desire for action
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., asked President Trump for mercy in this National Prayer Service sermon.
An Episcopal bishop urged him to show compassion toward immigrants. Trump called her “not compelling or smart.”
The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, made headlines this week after she angered President Donald Trump with her sermon during an inaugural prayer service.
Following a traditional inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, during which an Episcopal bishop called on President Donald Trump to show "mercy" toward LGBTQ people and immigrants, he told reporters the sermon "wasn't too exciting" and added he "didn't think it was a good service."
We stand with Budde and we encourage those who are criticizing her to study both the writings of our country’s founders, Mercy is necesary.
The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde made an appeal to Trump during a post-Inauguration prayer service he attended, asking him to show mercy to members of the LGBTQ+ community and migrants who are in the country illegally.
In an overnight post on his social media site, he sharply criticized the “so-called Bishop” as a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater.”
A worship service held at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday culminated in Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde confronting President Donald Trump and pleading with him to “have mercy” on illegal immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community as he begins his second term.
A worship service held at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday culminated in Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde confronting President Donald Trump and pleading with him to "have mercy" on illegal immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community as he begins his second term.