In Washington DC, tonight, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington has just denounced Donald Trump’s use of St. John’s church as a prop, while military police used munitions against peaceful protesters nearby.
“I am outraged. I just want the world to know that we, following Jesus and His way of love, do not, we distance ourselves from the incendiary language of this president.”
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: "The President just used a Bible … and one of the churches of my diocese without permission as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything our churches stand for….I am outraged." pic.twitter.com/yegcO7xoJ0
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 2, 2020
The Episcopal Bishop said on CNN just now, commenting on Trump’s display outside St. John’s:
“I am outraged.”
The bishop then called the president’s photo op “an abuse of a sacred space.”