Rachel Maddow talks with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington about speaking from the pulpit directly to Donald Trump about showing mercy for the vulnerable people targeted by his policies, and what has happened since, as well as the role of the church in moral leadership in the United States.
The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Donald Trump for mercy in her sermon at a national prayer service earlier this week caused a stir, said she will not apologize despite Trump’s criticism. “I don’t hate the president, and I pray for him,” Budde told NPR in an interview Wednesday. “I don’t feel there’s a need to apologize for a request for mercy.
The president soon lashed out at Budde, calling her a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” in a post on Truth Social, and accused her of having “brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way.” In an interview with Fox News, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Budde should apologize to Trump, calling the remarks “egregious.
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