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特朗普怒斥華盛頓特區左翼??主教，後者在全國祈禱儀式上要求他“仁慈一點”
作者：Nicholas McEntyre、Josh Christenson 和 Ryan King 2025 年 1 月 22 日
周三，特朗普總統怒斥了在全國祈禱儀式上訓斥他的“討厭的”民主黨主教——教會領袖證實她正在向他傳達政治信息。
特朗普的反駁是在不得不參加周二的禮拜儀式之後做出的，在禮拜儀式上，華盛頓特區聖公會主教瑪麗安·埃德加·巴德牧師將其變成了對非法移民、難民和 LGBT 社區的咆哮。
“周二早上在全國祈禱儀式上發言的所謂主教是激進左翼強硬派特朗普仇恨者，”總統在午夜剛過後在他的 Truth Social 賬戶上寫道。
2025 年 1 月 21 日，唐納德·特朗普總統和瑪麗安·埃德加·巴德牧師出席華盛頓國家大教堂的全國祈禱儀式。瑪麗安·埃德加·巴德在 2025 年 1 月 21 日的國家祈禱儀式上布道時，要求特朗普總統“憐憫”非法移民、難民和 LGBT 社區。路透社
“她以一種非常不禮貌的方式將她的教會帶入了政治世界，”他說——說她以一種“令人討厭”的語氣這樣做，“既不引人注目也不聰明”。
他特別指出主教呼籲他“憐憫”移民家庭的方式，“他們的孩子擔心父母會被帶走”。
“她沒有提到大量非法移民進入我們的國家並殺死了人們，”特朗普寫道。
“許多人是從監獄和精神病院被關押起來的。這是美國正在發生的一波巨大的犯罪浪潮。”
除了“她不恰當的言論，禮拜儀式非常無聊和沒有靈感”，特朗普抱怨道，他在周二的禮拜儀式上麵無表情地坐著。
“她不太擅長她的工作！她和她的教會應該向公眾道歉！”他寫道。
“民主黨、共和黨和獨立家庭中都有同性戀、變性兒童，有些人擔心自己的生命安全，”巴德告訴特朗普。法新社通過蓋蒂圖片社
截圖：特朗普在禮拜結束後在 Truth Social 上批評主教——稱她“語氣惡劣”且“不聰明”。特朗普在禮拜結束後在 Truth Social 上批評主教——稱她“語氣惡劣”且“不聰明”。@realDonaldTrump/TruthSocial
巴德——她還講道說“同性戀、變性兒童”擔心自己的生命安全——周二晚些時候高興地證實，她指的是這場禮拜是“與總統的一對一對話”。
“我看著總統，因為我在和他說話，”巴德告訴 CNN。
“我之所以和總統談話，是因為我覺得他現在有這樣的時刻，他感到有責任和能力去做他認為應該做的事情，我想說，還有寬容的空間，”她說。
特朗普總統、第一夫人梅拉尼婭·特朗普、副總統 JD 萬斯和第二夫人烏莎·萬斯在華盛頓特區參加禮拜儀式。特朗普、第一夫人梅拉尼婭·特朗普、副總統 JD 萬斯和第二夫人烏莎·萬斯在 1 月 21 日的華盛頓特區禮拜儀式上坐著。路透社
具體來說，她說，她“想盡可能溫和地反駁，提醒人們（非法移民）的人性和他們在我們更廣泛社區中的地位”，她說，並堅稱她試圖“以一種尊重的方式進行這些對話”。
共和黨人對巴德在周二的祈禱儀式上對總統和副總統的訓斥感到憤怒。
“主教的觀點非常極端——極其越界和脫離實際，她所做的是不必要的，”眾議院共和黨會議主席麗莎·麥克萊恩（共和黨 - 密歇根州）反駁道。“也許我們應該為她祈禱。”
眾議員邁克·柯林斯（共和黨 - 喬治亞州）在 X 上發帖稱，布德“應該被列入驅逐名單”。
https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1881765967338131546
全國各地的保守派宗教領袖也批評了布德的言論。
“我不能反駁特朗普的回應，我當時在場，我同意，”讓我們崇拜的肖恩·費希特告訴《郵報》。
千橡市加略山教堂的資深牧師、轉折點信仰的聯合創始人羅布·麥考伊牧師認為，巴德“用強調性取向來取代基督教的正統教義，這是美國人離開這些教堂的原因。”
自 2011 年以來，巴德一直擔任華盛頓特區的聖公會主教，她並不羞於涉足政治。例如，早在 2020 年，她就抨擊特朗普在當局清理了首都的一場抗議活動後，在聖約翰聖公會教堂外揮舞聖經。
Trump tears into lefty DC bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ during National Prayer Service sermon
Trump’s takedown came after having to sit through Tuesday’s service in which the Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde — the Episcopal bishop of DC — turned it into a rant about illegal migrants, refugees and the LGBT community.
“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” the president wrote on his Truth Social account just after midnight.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde asked President Trump to “have mercy” on illegal migrants, refugees and the LGBT community during her sermon at the National Prayer Service on Jan. 21, 2025.REUTERS
“She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way,” he said — saying she did so in a “nasty” tone that was “not compelling or smart.”
He singled out the way that the bishop called on him to “have mercy” on immigrant families “whose children fear that their parents will be taken away.”
“She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people,” Trump wrote.
“Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA.”
As well as “her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one,” complained Trump, who had sat looking stone-faced during Tuesday’s service.
“She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!” he wrote.
“There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives,” Budde told Trump.AFP via Getty Images
Trump took to Truth Social to criticize the bishop following the service — calling her “nasty in tone” and “not smart.”@realDonaldTrump/TruthSocial
Budde — who also preached about “gay, lesbian and transgender children” who “fear for their lives” — happily confirmed late Tuesday that she meant the service as a “one-on-one conversation with the president.”
“I was looking at the president because I was speaking to him,” Budde told CNN.
“I was speaking to the president because I felt he has this moment now where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do, and I wanted to say there is room for mercy,” she said.
Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance sit during the DC service on Jan. 21.REUTERS
Specifically, she said, she “wanted to counter, as gently as I could, with a reminder of (the illegal migrants) humanity and their place in our wider community,” she said, insisting she sought to “have these conversations in a respectful way.”
Republicans were outraged by Budde’s lecture of the president and vice president during the prayer service Tuesday.
“The bishop was extreme in her views — extremely out of line and out of touch, and what she did was uncalled for,” House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich) fired back. “Perhaps we should pray for her.”
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) posted to X that Budde “should be added to the deportation list.”
https://twitter.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1881765967338131546
Conservative religious leaders across the country also panned Budde’s remarks.
“I can’t argue with how Trump responded, I was there and I agree,” Sean Feucht, of Let Us Worship, told The Post.
Pastor Rob McCoy, the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Thousands Oaks and co-founder of Turning Point Faith, argued that Budde’s “substituting the orthodox teaching of Christianity for an emphasis on sexual preference is why the American people have left these churches.”
Budde has been an Episcopal bishop in Washington, DC, since 2011 and hasn’t been shy about wading into politics. Back in 2020, for instance, she blasted Trump for wielding a Bible outside St. John’s Episcopal Church after authorities had cleared up a protest in the nation’s capital.
