Whig priest Marian Edgar Budde responded to the president Criticisms of Donald Trump From comments she made during her sermon at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.
On Trump's first full day of his second term, Buddy, of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, delivered a sermon that focused on “unity,” and also targeted specific comments directly against Trump on issues like illegal immigration and LGBT youth. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance sat stone-faced as she urged Trump to have “mercy,” and the president indicated to reporters afterward that he did not care about the remarks.
“It was a very muted reaction,” Buddy said of Trump's reaction in an interview with CNN on Tuesday. “I keep my expectations low when I preach. I can't always gauge impact by body language or even what people say next. And so, I have to let it all go. I speak from what I think I've been given to say and let it go from there.”
Pastor asks Trump to have mercy on immigrants and gay children who 'fear for their lives'
Right-wing priest Marian Edgar Budde responded to President Donald Trump's criticism of comments she made during her sermon at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday. (CNN)
When asked about the service, Trump quickly responded Reaction of journalists In the White House.
“Not very exciting, is it?” Trump said. “I didn't think it was good service, no. They could do a much better job.”
“It was a respectful response,” Buddy said. “He didn't like that. He said that. He said we could do better. Some of the other comments I received were not so nice or silent, shall we say. And one of the things I liked about what we're trying to get across is that we can actually have these conversations in a respectful way.” “
Buddy also clarified the context of her comments directed at Trump.
Budde preached a sermon during the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC (Left: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Right: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“I was looking at the president because I was talking directly to him,” Buddy said. “I was also, frankly, as you do in every speech, talking to everyone who was listening during that one-on-one conversation with the president, reminding them all, that among the people who feel fear in our country, there are two groups of people that I mentioned, which are our fellow human beings.” They have been photographed all over the world Political campaign In the harshest lights. “I wanted to respond as kindly as I could, by reminding them of their humanity and their place in our broader society.”
She continued: “I was talking to the president because I felt like he has this moment now where he feels responsible and empowered to do what he feels called to do, and I wanted to say that there is room for mercy.” “There is room for broader empathy. We don't need to paint some of the most vulnerable people in our society in baggy, harsh terms.”
Later, Trump intensified his rhetoric against Budde in a Posted on Social Truth Wednesday.
“The alleged bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service Tuesday morning was from the hard-line radical left who hates Trump,” he wrote. “She brought her church into politics in a very inappropriate way.”
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Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
