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The Episcopalian Bishop of Washington Mariann Budde on Tuesday urged Donald Trump to show “mercy” for those who are “frightened” at the dawn of his second term, in particular irregular migrants, or young people from the LGBT+ community .
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January 21, 2025 – 9:23 p.m.
(Keystone-ATS) “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy,” she declared at the conclusion of her sermon in front of an impassive Donald Trump.
The new US president attended a religious service at the Washington National Cathedral as part of the festivities surrounding his inauguration the day before.
“There are gay, lesbian, transgender children from Democratic, Republican or independent families, some of whom fear for their lives,” added the bishop of the Episcopalian Church – the Anglican denomination in the United States.
-“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.
“They may not be citizens, or they may not have the right papers, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals,” the bishop pleaded before Donald Trump, accompanied by his family and of its vice-president, JD Vance.
The Republican placed the issue of the fight against illegal immigration at the heart of his victorious campaign. He promised during his inauguration speech Monday that his administration would quickly “begin the process of sending millions and millions of foreign criminals back to where they came from.”
He also promised during his campaign to end the “transgender delusion” and signed an executive order affirming that the United States would no longer recognize only “two sexes, male and female”, defined at birth.
Upon his return from the cathedral, Donald Trump told the press that the religious service could have been “much better”.
