Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social, called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s remarks “nasty” and not smart.
“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.
“She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions,” the president added. “It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one.”
Trump also called on her and the church to apologize to him.
The truth hurts. His reaction shows how much. She got to where she is by teaching love. He got to where he is by teaching hate with lies as the vessel.
Yes, yes, yes! I loved that bishop's words and courage, and the faces of Trump and his family. He looked like a cat, kept looking sideways like for a way to escape the human holding him😆😆😆. Thank you from another agnostic with the roots of a Christian upbringing.
Thank you, Bill. We are in full agreement on this. I am a nontheist who respects other people's beliefs in whatever god they choose. The only ones I disrespect are those who, like trump, believe themselves to be 'gods'.
Great idea, Bill. As a sophomore, I was assigned to write a paper on the world's religions by the Jesuit who taught the religion class at the parochial school I attended. At our 50th reunion, I saw him and reminded him of the assignment (to me, a major effort, to him, just another student task). He asked what I had learned. I told him: all of them have one fatal flaw: the cartoon you ran eloquently describes it. The concept that anyone not in 'my' religion isn't as good. And so I have given up on all organized religion.
I've seen the clip several times now, and applaud the bishop for her sermon. And I'm glad he was upset at being remonstrated. He deserves a much more severe response from us all.
I wrote her a brief email to an address that someone on Heather Cox Richardson provided. I thanked her and told her that I didn't know how people get sainthood, but she was on my list of saints. I do fear for her safety 😮💨
OH dear. I was going to take a break from the news, but...an email subject line got me and I read on. So if you are an immigrant and assault a police officer, you get detained and deported. If you are a Proud Boy or Oath Keeper and you assault a police office, you get out of jail. What is wrong with this picture?!
What is wrong is that those that were complaining about us "weaponizing" the justice system were really just projecting what they would do when they achieved power.
And here we are. Descending into a time of depravity and the dissolution of all that was normal.
The haters are running rampant. Will there be any guardrails? I have no idea.
If you are an American and you are not terrified right now...you are a fucking dimwit.
I never believed in the Devil. But maybe I was just naive.
Keep on commenting, Ellin. We can't stop and go quietly...
Brilliant Bill, and great graphics too. I'm going to have to step up my posts but in the meantime I'm sharing yours to give a little more coverage to Bishop Budde.
You may be right about Melania, every once in a while, she shows signs of having more about her than meets the eye, even when the old photos go around.
Linda L, thank you for including Trump‘s full response. I am carefully not watching as much news as I used to so did not see this. But this is just so familiar … pure Trump.
THIS IS WHAT A CHRISTIAN LOOKS LIKE ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ I love this for him. He is so deserving of a complete dress down.
Hopefully all of us who follow Bill will send this to any and everyone we know. This is the kind of thing that should go viral.
😖 His response:
Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social, called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s remarks “nasty” and not smart.
“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.
“She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions,” the president added. “It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one.”
Trump also called on her and the church to apologize to him.
The truth hurts. His reaction shows how much. She got to where she is by teaching love. He got to where he is by teaching hate with lies as the vessel.
She got under his orange skin. Good.
Yes, yes, yes! I loved that bishop's words and courage, and the faces of Trump and his family. He looked like a cat, kept looking sideways like for a way to escape the human holding him😆😆😆. Thank you from another agnostic with the roots of a Christian upbringing.
Thank you, Bill. We are in full agreement on this. I am a nontheist who respects other people's beliefs in whatever god they choose. The only ones I disrespect are those who, like trump, believe themselves to be 'gods'.
Great idea, Bill. As a sophomore, I was assigned to write a paper on the world's religions by the Jesuit who taught the religion class at the parochial school I attended. At our 50th reunion, I saw him and reminded him of the assignment (to me, a major effort, to him, just another student task). He asked what I had learned. I told him: all of them have one fatal flaw: the cartoon you ran eloquently describes it. The concept that anyone not in 'my' religion isn't as good. And so I have given up on all organized religion.
I've seen the clip several times now, and applaud the bishop for her sermon. And I'm glad he was upset at being remonstrated. He deserves a much more severe response from us all.
I wrote her a brief email to an address that someone on Heather Cox Richardson provided. I thanked her and told her that I didn't know how people get sainthood, but she was on my list of saints. I do fear for her safety 😮💨
Bill, your most valuable post yet. Probably ever. Thank you. I will pass it on to everyone I know. What an incredible woman!
OH dear. I was going to take a break from the news, but...an email subject line got me and I read on. So if you are an immigrant and assault a police officer, you get detained and deported. If you are a Proud Boy or Oath Keeper and you assault a police office, you get out of jail. What is wrong with this picture?!
What is wrong is that those that were complaining about us "weaponizing" the justice system were really just projecting what they would do when they achieved power.
And here we are. Descending into a time of depravity and the dissolution of all that was normal.
The haters are running rampant. Will there be any guardrails? I have no idea.
If you are an American and you are not terrified right now...you are a fucking dimwit.
I never believed in the Devil. But maybe I was just naive.
Keep on commenting, Ellin. We can't stop and go quietly...
Brilliant Bill, and great graphics too. I'm going to have to step up my posts but in the meantime I'm sharing yours to give a little more coverage to Bishop Budde.
You may be right about Melania, every once in a while, she shows signs of having more about her than meets the eye, even when the old photos go around.
Linda L, thank you for including Trump‘s full response. I am carefully not watching as much news as I used to so did not see this. But this is just so familiar … pure Trump.