Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Appears On ‘The View’: No Apologies For Trump Sermon, Condemns “Culture Of Contempt”

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The bishop who publicly urged Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ people – and was dismissed as “a Radical Left hard line Trump hater” by the president – responded with an appearance, remotely, on ABC’s The View today, giving a full-throated plea for “unity.” Introduced by moderator Joy Behar (Whoopi Goldberg is out for the week) as a woman who has “more fearlessness than anyone in Congress right now,” Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said today, “My responsibility that morning, yesterday morning, was to reflect, to pray with the nation for unity…And then I also realized that unity requires a certain degree of mercy, mercy and compassion and understanding and so knowing that a lot of people, as I said, in our country right now, are really scared, I wanted to take the opportunity in the context of that of service for unity, to say we need to treat everyone with dignity, and we need to be merciful.

I was trying to counter the narrative that is so, so divisive and polarizing and in which people, real people, are being harmed.” Watch the segment below.

During yesterday’s inauguration prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, Budde said to Trump during her sermon, “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.