Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) heavily criticized statements made by the Right Rev. Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural prayer service held for President Trump. “The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list,” Collins wrote in a post on X with a clip of Budde’s comments. Collins’s statement comes after Trump’s…

Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, is a prominent religious leader who advocates for social justice issues, including immigration and LGBTQ+ rights.

At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, made an appeal to US President Donald Trump to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and undocumented migrant workers.

She also addressed Trump directly while he sat with his wife and the newly appointed vice president, wearing a red tie in the pew next to them.

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and their families were in attendance at the prayer service on Tuesday.

Right Rev Mariann Budde’s appeal amounts to bold public criticism and prompts frosty response from US president

At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, asked President Donald Trump to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and undocumented migrant workers

President Donald Trump attended the inaugural prayer service Tuesday at Washington National Cathedral, where a sermon on unity called out the president to "have mercy on the people in our country who are scared.