Trump, Vance Appear To Be Blindsided By Prayer Service ‘Lecture’

Jan 23, 2025

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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance appeared to be “lectured” Tuesday by the Right Reverend Mariann Budde at the Service of Prayer for the Nation at Washington National Cathedral, according to Outkick’s David Hookstead.

“There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families — some who fear for their lives. And the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. 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, gurdwara and temples,” Budde said, in part, according to footage shared by Outkick.

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Initial Reactions To The Sermon

“I don’t want to tell Mariann how to do her job, but we had a pretty significant election back in November on many of these issues. Trump and Vance crushed former VP Kamala Harris,” Hookstead wrote of the sermon. “You’d think she’d know how to read the room. I guess they don’t teach that wherever she pursued her education. Lecturing the new President and Vice President on how to deal with immigration or transgender youth is insanity.”

“Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. She’s the first woman to hold the position,” said TPUSA’s Charlie Kirk. “She was given a great honor today, a chance to unify America around a Christian message at the dawn of a new administration. Instead, she disgraced herself with a lecture you’d hear on CNN or an episode of The View. What an embarrassment.”

Collin Rugg noted that “Trump appears to roll his eyes as” the Bishop “begs him to ‘have mercy’ on gay, lesbian, transgender children and illegal immigrants.”

“Wow! How disrespectful of Bishop Budde, insinuating that The Trump Admin would do something to harm gender confused children,” said detransitioner Chloe Cole, “Recognize this as the attack on Christian values that it is.” (RELATED: AMERICAN HEROES: Riley Gaines Protects Our Cultural Identity)

Footage was also shared on Budde saying that she had previously “given up” on trying to communicate with President Trump, and that he should be replaced. The footage was taken back in 2020, according to a post on social media.

Trump was later asked about the service, to which he said, “not too exciting, was it? I think it was a good service though.” according to footage shared Daily Caller’s Reagan Reese.

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