Trump Rips Into ‘So-Called Bishop’ Who Asked Him To ‘Have Mercy’ On Illegal Immigrants

President Donald Trump ripped into a “so-called bishop” on Tuesday who he said politicized the National Prayer Service when she asked him to “have mercy” on “transgender children” and illegal immigrants. 

Trump was responding to a message from Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde when she said during the National Prayer Service that illegal immigrants were scared because of his presidency. Trump has promised to enact a large-scale deportation project and secure the southern border. 

“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,” Trump posted on Truth Social late Tuesday night. 

During her message, Budde asked Trump to “have mercy” on illegal immigrants.

“And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation,” she said. “But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches.”

“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands, to find compassion and welcome here,” she said.

Trump responded to Budde’s lecture by saying that she was ignoring the number of illegal immigrants who had killed American citizens. 

“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,” he said. “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. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!”

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Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has begun as he declared an emergency at the border, designated drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, and shut down the CBP One App parole program.

Budde has a history of criticizing Trump and blasted him years ago after he used riot police to clear leftist protestors out of the area surrounding the White House, even saying that his message was “antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that we as a church stand for.”