Rev. Mariann Budde the Episcopal Bishop of Washington on Wednesday defended a plea for mercy she made to President Donald Trump on behalf of immigrants and others during an inaugural prayer service a day before.
“We’re in a particularly harsh moment now when it comes to conversations around immigrant populations in our midst, and so that was the reason for the tone I took now,” Budde said during an MSNBC interview.
Trump had attended the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, during which Budde implored the president to “have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now” and referred specifically to gay, lesbian and transgender children, some of whom she said “fear for their lives.”
