Mr #Trump could learn from
#Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde re empathy, analysis & human relationships. Human beings can disagree yet don't need 2 resort to vicious thoughtless outbursts. It is often by perceptive & perspicacious questioning that human beings reach meaningful solutions. https://shorturl.at/xMgDE

The Independent · Jan 23The ‘nasty’ bishop is not alone – and Trump should brace for more episcopal fireworks By Catherine Pepinster

**Tony x8** @kongakong@masto.ai · Jan 24 *

Jan 24 *

Tony x8 @kongakong@masto.ai

Internet meme stuff.

#bishop
#sermon

First frame is a picture of pastor Mariann Edgar Budde, who in the traditional inaugural prayer service implored Trump to have mercy with his constituency; followed by stills of the intro of Good Omens (with gender-adjusted text):
Aziraphale and Crowley watching Jesus' crucifixion from a distance.
Crowley: What was it she said that got everyone so upset?
Aziraphale: "Be kind to each other."
Crowley: Oh, yeah. That'll do it.

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**RTN** @raumfahrttutnot@chaos.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

RTN @raumfahrttutnot@chaos.social

@chrisstoecker #Time:
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‘I Am Not Going to Apologize’: The Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out
"
https://time.com/7209222/bishop-mariann-budde-trump/

22.1.2025

Time · Jan 22‘I Am Not Going to Apologize’: The Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks OutBy Brian Bennett

#Bishop #Budde #USA

**kurtsh** @kurtsh@mastodon.social · Jan 24

Jan 24

kurtsh @kurtsh@mastodon.social

TMW #Trump had to sit in front of everyone silently & listen to what Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the #Episcopal #bishop at the Washington National cathedral, had to say directly to him about "mercy" during the closing of the #InauguralPrayer.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190519/trump-bishop-inaugural-prayer

**Erik L. Midtsveen** @midtsveen@social.linux.pizza · Jan 23

Jan 23

Erik L. Midtsveen @midtsveen@social.linux.pizza

"This Woman Is Braver Than The Entire Democrat Party": This Clip Of A Bishop Asking Trump To Have Mercy On LGBTQ+ People And Immigrants Is Going Viral

Boost visibility for the LGBTQIA+ community on the #Fediverse!

#Bishop #LGBTQIA #LGBTQI

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

[Video] #Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde #breakssilence after #challenging #DonaldTrump during #prayer #service.

She pleaded with #DonaldTrump to show #Christian #mercy to #immigrants and members of the #LGBT+ #community.

https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/trump-bishop-mariann-budde-cnn-interview-b2684116.html

The Independent · Jan 22Bishop Mariann Budde breaks silence after challenging Donald Trump during prayer serviceBy Lucy Leeson

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23 *

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Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

#Livid #DonaldTrump #demands #apology over #bishop's 'nasty' #NationalPrayerService #sermon.

He called Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde’s sermon “#nasty in #tone," said she wasn’t good at her #job, and #claimed that “she and her #church owe the #public an #apology.”

https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-demands-apology-bishop-sermon

Advocate.com · Jan 22Trump demands bishop’s apology for ’nasty’ sermonBy Christopher Wiggins

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

Trump’s #angry #response to a #viral #sermon should #worry all #Christians.

#Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde's #words reflect the #values held by a majority of #American #Christians — a fact that Trump’s #divisive #rhetoric seeks to #obscure.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-bishop-budde-sermon-truth-social-rcna188764

MSNBC · Jan 22Trump's response to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon should worry all ChristiansBy Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

#Trump calls #bishop who bravely asked him to #showmercy to #LGBTQ+ #children and #immigrants ‘#nasty’

#Bishop #MariannEdgarBudde fearlessly #callsout #Trump and #ShadyVance to their faces. This is #heroic.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/22/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde/

PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news · Jan 22Trump calls bishop who bravely asked him to show mercy to LGBTQ+ children and immigrants ‘nasty’By Chantelle Billson

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**Susan Larson** @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online · Jan 23

Jan 23

Susan Larson @Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online

The Most #Remarkable Part of the #Video of a #Bishop #Confronting the #Trump #Family.

Noting how he had told the #nation during his #swearingin that he had “felt the providential hand of a loving #God,” by virtue of his #surviving two #assassination #attempts, Budde invoked the #compassion and #mercy of God as she called on Trump “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are #scared now.”