Miranda Devine: Egomaniacal Bishop Buddes woke rant just makes her another liberal pawn aiming to cut down Trump
Jaws dropped throughout Washington’s National Cathedral when an egomaniacal Episcopal female bishop sabotaged the Inaugural Prayer Service with a left-wing rant from the pulpit about illegal migrants and LGBT issues, aimed directly at President Trump, who was sitting politely in the front pew. What the Rt.Rev.
Mariann Edgar Budde, 65, was supposed to do Tuesday, at the historical inter-faith service, was to bless the incoming administration and pray for God’s guidance and protection for the nation.She should have been fostering unity, not exacerbating false divides and making the ceremony all about her. Addressing the new president, Budde asked for his “mercy” for illegal migrants and “transgender children” who “are scared now” that he is in office. “There are gay, lesbian and transgender children . . .
who fear for their lives,” she intoned in a saccharine parody of a Christian sermon.She patronizingly described migrants as “the people who pick our crops [and] wash the dishes.” But her performative empathy did not extend to Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, Rachel Morin or the other women and girls raped and murdered by illegal migrants, and in whose names the Trump administration is securing the border.
Nor did she seem to care about the susceptible children abused and irreversibly mutilated on the altar of a gender ideology that no Christian church should support. The president, first lady, Vice President JD Vance and their families retained admirable composure during the grossly inappropriate lecture, but displeasure was written on every face. Donald Trump curled his lip slightly and looked away with scorn.Melania Trump narrowed her eyes and glared at the bishop without blinking.
If looks could kill, Budde would have expired on the spot. Vance cocked his head in disbelief and glanced over at Trump to take his cue on how to handle the affront.Other Trump family members exhibited stoic disdain, with mouths agape or a slight s...