Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined “The View” Wednesday to discuss her plea for “compassion” to President Donald Trump at a prayer service this week, saying it’s impossible to keep her viral message out of politics.
Host Sara Haines asked if she believed her message was being “misunderstood” or “politicized.”
“I think if you read what I said, I mean how could it not be political, right? We are in a critical situation. One of the things I warn about is the culture of contempt we live in so quickly. You rush to interpret the worst of what people say and put it in categories like the ones you just described,” Budde replied.
Budde called on the president to have “compassion” for the LGBT community and immigrants during a prayer service Tuesday. Trump and Vice President JD Vance, along with their spouses, listened stone-faced as Budde made his remarks.
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined “The View” on Wednesday to discuss her request to Donald Trump during Tuesday’s prayer service. (Screenshot/THEView)
“That is part of the spirit we are breathing now, and I was trying to speak the truth that I felt should be spoken, but I did it with respect and kindness in the way I could. And also to bring other voices to the conversation, which are voices that have not been heard in the public sphere,” added Budde.
Host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Budde if his feelings would have had more of an impact on the one-on-one situation with Trump and if he had that opportunity.
“I have never been invited to a one-on-one interview with President Trump. I would welcome that opportunity,” said Budde. “I don’t know how that’s going to go. I can assure him and everyone listening that I will respect him as much as anyone, and certainly respect his office, which I respect very much, but the invitation has to come from him.”
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Budde’s comments drew a lot of attention given the location.
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“Let me make one last request, Mr. President,” he said on Tuesday. “In the name of our God, I ask you to be kind to the people in our country who are afraid right now. There are gay, transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some fearing for their lives.”
He went on to say that “most immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors.”
Afterwards, Trump told reporters that he was not interested in the service.
Trump also slammed Budde in a Truth Social post.
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“The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Trump hater of the Radical Left. He brought his church into the world of politics in a very unkind way,” he wrote.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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