Episcopal bishop confronts Trump on immigrants, transgender children
January 22, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington directly challenged the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump during a prayer service at the National Cathedral on January 21.
With Trump sitting in the front pew, the bishop spoke directly to him, saying: “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” She cited the fears of immigrants and of “gay, lesbian, and transgender children... some who fear for their lives.”
President Trump later criticized Bishop Budde’s challenge, saying that she “brought her church into the world of politics in a very ungracious way.” He complained that the prayer service had been “very boring and uninspiring.”
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