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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graig Graziosi

Who is Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop who asked Trump to ‘have mercy’?

A bishop speaking at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC told Donald Trump to his face to have mercy on LGBT+ youths and to understand that immigrants are not all criminals and that many are afraid of what he might do to them.

Mariann Budde, 65, is the Episcopalian bishop who confronted Trump during the National Prayer Service. Trump and Vice President JD Vance were in attendance as part of their first full day in the Oval Office.

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