‘Antithetical to everything we stand for’: Episcopal bishop ‘outraged’ police tear-gassed protesters so Trump could use ‘our church as a prop’
The bishop who oversees the Washington, DC church that Donald Trump visited following his speech on Monday admonished the president for using a place of worship as a “prop," noting the police deployed tear gas against peaceful protestors to clear a path for Trump's walk from the White House to St. John’s Church.
<p>As Washington Post’s Michelle Boorstein reports, Bishop Mariann Budde <a href="https://twitter.com/mboorstein/status/1267607428293636096?s=20" rel="noopener" target="_blank">said she is “outraged”</a> and had no idea the White House “would be clearing with tear gas” in order to use the church for Trump’s photo op.</p><p>“That they would be clearing with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop, holding a bible — one that declares that God is love and when everything he has said and done is to enflame violence,” Budde said. “I am beyond.”</p><p>“We need moral leadership and he’s done everything to divide us and has just used one of the most sacred symbols of the Judeo-Christian tradition,” the bishop continued.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="465e276c538e4be9a92d9bc8e90478c5" id="3c6f9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1267607430105640960"><div style="margin:1em 0">"We so disassociate ourselves from the messages of this president. We hold the teachings of our sacred texts to be… https://t.co/ftqMwI3Qkm</div> — Michelle Boorstein (@Michelle Boorstein)<a href="https://twitter.com/mboorstein/statuses/1267607430105640960">1591056137.0</a></blockquote></div><p></p><p>Budde later spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, insisting Trump’s actions were “antithetical to everything we stand for.”</p><p>You can watch that interview below:</p><p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="364d48222d782b8ea926e2b0293ce0c0" id="081ed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1267620038510592002"><div style="margin:1em 0">Bishop Mariann Budde says she had "no idea" Trump would use her church for photo-op, calling his actions "antitheti… https://t.co/JIP9HqCqjl</div> — The Recount (@The Recount)<a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/statuses/1267620038510592002">1591059143.0</a></blockquote></div></p><p></p>
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