This is why after Budde’s sermon, Christian nationalists of all stripes, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, were so vitriolic in their attacks on the Episcopal Church.

She is the first woman to hold her church position Budde, 65, is the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, a position she has held since 2011.

She brought her church into the world of politics in a very ungracious way,” wrote Trump on Truth Social about the Rev. Budde, who is the Episcopal bishop of Washington.

Bishop Mariann Budde of Washington drew Trump's anger in January at an inaugural prayer service in which she urged “mercy” on those fearing his actions, including migrants and LGBTQ+ children.

A native of New Jersey, Budde was ordained as a minister in 1989. She served as the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis from 1993 until 2011.

People go to the Episcopal Church on Sunday because they want to mingle with the country club set and don’t play golf. Some want to feel morally superior to the masses by the Gospel of Woke.

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