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US President Donald Trump called a Washington bishop, who pleaded the case from the pulpit for LGBT people and
illegal migrants
, "nasty" and not "compelling or smart."
"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," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform after attending a service at the Washington National Cathedral given by
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
"She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. 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. 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!" wrote Trump.
This statement came as Trump issued measures Monday, after being sworn in as president for the second time, to suspend the arrival of asylum seekers and expel migrants in the country illegally.
He also decreed that only two sexes -- male and female, but not transgender -- will be recognized.
"I ask you to have mercy, President," the bishop said softly, evoking the "fear" that she said is felt across the country.
"There are gay and lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families," she said.
"The people who pick our farms 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."
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