Un sermon that doesn’t get through. Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the bishop of the Washington Cathedral – an evangelical Protestant bishop – after a mass on Tuesday, January 21, where Mariann Bude urged him to show “mercy” for those who are “scared” at the dawn of his second term, citing in particular people in an irregular situation and young people from the LGBT community.
After declaring to the press that the religious service could have been “much better”, on 47e President of the United States returned to the attack on his Truth network, calling Mariann Bude a “hateful” with a “nasty tone”. “The so-called bishop who spoke at the national prayer service Tuesday morning was a far-left hater. She introduced her Church into the political world in a very unsightly way. She had a nasty tone, and was neither convincing nor intelligent,” he said on his social network.
“She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants who have entered our country and killed people. Many have been released from prisons and psychiatric institutions,” he continued, deploring a “giant crime wave” in the United States. And he insisted: “Apart from his inappropriate statements, the service was very boring and uninteresting. She’s not very good at her job! She and her Church owe the public an apology! »
Billionaire Elon Musk, a loyal ally of Donald Trump, also criticized the bishop’s sermon. “She really caught the mental bug woke “, he said on X.
“The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals”
Mariann Bude officiated the religious service at the Washington National Cathedral as part of the festivities surrounding Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. During this moment, supposed to celebrate the unity of the nation, the bishop concluded his sermon by addressing the president directly. “Millions of people trusted you. As you told the nation yesterday, you felt the providential hand of a loving God,” she continued, in reference to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, who has since presented himself as a miraculous .
-ALSO READ Upon his inauguration, Trump ushers the United States into a new era “There are gay, lesbian, transgender children from Democratic, Republican or independent families, some of whom fear for their lives. And the people who pick our crops, who clean our offices, who toil in poultry farms and slaughterhouses, who wash dishes after we dine in restaurants, and who work nights in hospitals,” he said. she listed, in front of Donald Trump, impassive, and Vice-President JD Vance, probably annoyed.
“They may not be citizens, or they may not have the right papers, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals […] In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy,” she then pleaded. The Republican is on a crusade against illegal immigration, which he has placed at the heart of his electoral campaign.
Donald Trump also signed decrees on Monday, notably blowing up the measures for diversity and LGBT rights put in place by Joe Biden.
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