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Woke Bishop Who Lectured Trump During Church Service Escapes to ‘The View’

Charlie Kirk Staff

01/22/2025

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Woke Bishop Who Lectured Trump During Church Service Escapes to ‘The View’

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde earned the nickname “the woke bishop” across conservative media after delivering a “prayer” on Tuesday that critics said was a thinly veiled rebuke of President Donald Trump for not embracing liberal positions on gender and immigration.

By the following day, she had been invited to appear on ABC’s liberal-leaning midday talk show The View, where she was expected to continue her criticism of conservative beliefs, including the notion that there are only two genders and that a nation without strong borders cannot sustain itself.

“COMING UP: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joins #TheView LIVE to respond after Pres. Trump criticized her pointed message yesterday at the inaugural prayer service where she called on the the [sic] president to show ‘mercy’ toward LGBTQ people and immigrants,” the show’s X page posted by way of a preview.

Trump did not hold back his criticism of Bishop Budde, calling her “nasty” and expressing his dissatisfaction with the prayer service, which he described as “not very good.”

“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart,” he said in a late-night post to his Truth Social platform.

Trump wasn’t alone in objecting to Budde’s remarks. Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) left the service early and later explained his decision in a post on X.

“I purposely left the prayer service early after realizing how the pulpit was being used for liberal means and not for true worship unto God and to seek His will and wisdom. Mr. President … what accosted you today was political, not Biblical,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

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