Fox & Friends Hosts Suggest Trump Dump Church Where Bishop Confronted Him: ‘Just Don’t Go Back’
The hosts of Fox & Friends pushed President Donald Trump on Wednesday to cold shoulder the Washington National Cathedral after a bishop directly addressed him at the National Prayer Service, taking issue with his immigration policies and more.
Trump said in a Truth Social post that Bishop Mariann Budde owes the public an apology after the confrontation. He also gave a negative review of the service after leaving.
Fox & Friends hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, Brian Kilmeade, and Lawrence Jones took issue on Wednesday with Budde going political during the historic service. The National Prayer Service has been held at the Washington National Cathedral since 1933, but Doocy argued Trump should find another church to hold events at.
“Here’s the thing. If she’s going to be the bishop and she’s going to lecture the president every time he goes to events like that, maybe it’s time for the president and Washington in general to stop going to the National Cathedral,” he said.
“I’m for that too, Steve,” Jones agreed.
“Not far from the White House is St. Mathew, where we baptized my son Peter. Or go to the Basilica at Catholic University. It’s referred to as America’s Catholic Church,” Doocy continued. “I doubt that they would ever make anything political. And, if you remember, at the inaugural, who gave one of the opening prayers? Cardinal Dolan. Was he political? Absolutely not. He was looking to the future. So, just don’t go back.”
“Donald Trump said he’s non-denominational now and so go to a non-denominational church,” Earhardt added.
Kilmeade questioned how Budde got to her position in the first place and noted ditching the National Cathedral would be “titanic news.”
“If the president of the United States decided to not to the National Cathedral, that would be titanic news and it would really put pressure on her to do the whole bishop thing,” he said. “I don’t know what form she filled out and how many interviews she went through, but do you realize for her to get that job and to do that mass, how many people had to sign off on it?”
During Tuesday’s service, Budde said she was making “one final plea” to Trump when she directly addressed him and asked for “mercy” for people who are “scared.”
“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” she said. “There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives.”
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