Trump Scolded By Bishop Over Immigration, LGBTQ Policies at National Prayer Service: ‘Have Mercy’ on Those Who ‘Fear for Their Lives’

President Donald Trump was confronted by a bishop during Tuesday’s National Prayer Service, and he did not appear pleased afterwards.

During the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral, Trump and Vice President JD Vance were seated up front with their wives, and one bishop took the opportunity to make a direct appeal to the newly-minted president.

Bishop Mariann Budde addressed the president over his immigration policies and more in what she called a “final plea” as Trump and Vance listened:

Let me make one final plea. Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives. And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues… I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here. God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger. For We will all want strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love and walk humbly with each other and our God, for the good of all people, good of all people in this nation and the world. Amen.

After the service, Trump was less than satisfied with the day’s events.

“Not too exciting, was it,” he told press. “I didn’t think it was a good service. They can do much better.”

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