Woke Bishop Retreats To "The View" In Search Of Friendlier Audience

Episcopalian Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde was nicknamed �the woke bishop�
across conservative media after she delivered a �prayer� on Tuesday that was
clearly intended to scold President Donald Trump for not adopting liberal
positions on gender and immigration.

By the next day, she�d been invited to join the liberal hosts of ABC�s midday
talk show �The View,� presumably to pick up where she�d left off, scolding
conservatives for believing that there are only two genders and a country
without strong borders is not a country.

�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.

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 president to
show �mercy� toward LGBTQ people and immigrants.
pic.twitter.com/RwQXlu7GOy

� The View (@TheView) January 22, 2025

Trump also made it clear that he was not impressed with Budde, calling her
�nasty� and complaining that the prayer service had not been 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 was far from the only one who objected to Budde�s remarks. Rep. Josh
Brecheen (R-OK) walked out of the service early and explained why he�d done
so in an X post.

�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.

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.https://t.co/fpJWORk4NM

� Congressman Josh Brecheen (@RepBrecheen) January 22, 2025