Budde spent 18 years as a rector at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She asked the president to reconsider his policies on LGBTQ folks, immigrants.
Trump rolled out a blueprint to beef up security at the southern border in a series of executive orders that began taking effect soon after his inauguration Monday, making good on his defining political promise to crack down on immigration and marking another wild swing in White House policy on the divisive issue.
President Donald Trump was poised to enact hefty tariffs against Mexico and Canada as early as the end of next week as he continued a blitz of right-wing policy priorities on day two of his historic second term.
During the inaugural prayer something really surprising happened as a mercy plea took place. Latest reports revealed that Bishop Mariann Budde intensely urged US President Donald Trump to show a bit of mercy towards the immigrants who are still undocumented and the huge amount of people who belong to the LGBTQ+ community.
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) heavily criticized statements made by the Right Rev. Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural prayer service held for President Trump. “The person giving this sermon
Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar-Budde urged Trump to be merciful and hospitable to those seeking refuge in the US.