During the “bipartisan” prayer service turned woke lecture on Monday, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde went on a liberal rant aimed directly at President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
She went into a full blown emotional speech, begging Trump to “have mercy” on LGBTQ youth and illegal immigrants. Clearly unimpressed, Trump and Vance maintained their composure during the sneak attack.
“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” Budde said..
“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. They pay taxes and are good neighbors,” she continued.
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic. pic.twitter.com/igyKzC8dRo
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) January 21, 2025
Now that she is receiving backlash, Budde is doubling down on her speech, aiming that it was her responsibility to “counter” him.
“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,” the “bishop” said during a Wednesday appearance on CNN.
Yet, despite her claims that it wasn’t a political message, Budde’s history shows that she is quite active in left-wing activism – and was even a donor to former President Barack Obama.
As reported by Trading Politics:
Financial records confirm that Budde contributed $250 to the Obama for America campaign in 2012, with a year-to-date total of $290. The donation was filed under her occupation as clergy for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. Her son, Amos, is also politically-involved; he works with a former head of Barack Obama’s campaign team and contributes to George Soros’ Swing Left Pac, according to Real Clear Politics’ senior reporter Paul Sperry.
BREAKING: The eldest son of the Rev. Mariann Budd who scolded Trump at the national prayer service not to harm gays, transgenders, Muslims & illegal aliens, works for the former head of BARACK OBAMA's campaign tech team in Chicago. Amos Budde contributes to Soros' Swing Left PAC. pic.twitter.com/Guht29Nywr
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 22, 2025
Funny how things like that always come full circle, isn’t it?
Budde continued in her interview, “I wanted to counter as gently as I could with a reminder of their humanity and their place in our wider community. And I was speaking to the president because I felt that he has this moment now where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do. And I wanted to say, you know, there is room for mercy.”
She added, “These are the people that I know. These are not abstract people for me. These are actual people that I know. So I wanted to speak on their behalf.”