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During a National Prayer Service, Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde urged Donald Trump to show mercy to immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community, prompting Trump to criticize her on Truth Social as a “Radical left hard line Trump hater.”

Trump dismissed the service as “boring” and accused Budde of politicizing religion.

Budde, known for her advocacy on justice issues, later explained her appeal aimed to encourage broader compassion.

Despite her message, Trump demanded a public apology, claiming her remarks were ungracious and uninspiring.

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[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 76 points 1 day ago

Deport her where? Honestly these people allegedly so freedom of speech are such snowflakes.

[-] prole 3 points 11 hours ago

Please take the next logical step... Where do they send the people they "deport," yet who have no "home country" to be sent to?

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

That was my point, this woman is American….where are they gonna send her?

[-] prole 2 points 10 hours ago

You are so close... I'm pretty sure others have since made my point.

The federal government has already purchased land in Texas and New Jersey (massive disappointment, NJ) for concentration camps.

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

You know you can just state the obvious don’t you?

In my life time we’ve tried to deport one person.

Edit; I’ve had the answer multiple times and much more politely. I was just explaining why I asked what I asked. The levels these people are prepared to go to is scary.

[-] prole 2 points 9 hours ago

Well sometimes it's helpful to come to the conclusion yourself rather than have it spoonfed to you, in my experience.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 58 points 1 day ago

Doesn't matter. First step would be an immigration detention facility. If there's no country to deport her to, she just stays there, I guess. And while she's there, might as well dig a hole, build a wall, or assemble furniture or something to cover the cost of housing her or some shit.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

immigration detention facility

I think we can go ahead and call them concentration camps at this point. That's what they will build on those 1400 acres in Texas, and that's how they'll be used. Convenient bureaucratic mix-ups will enable them to contain immigrants, targeted minorities and political opponents.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

The fact that it's in Texas already makes it cruel and unusual punishment.

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Sounds familiar :(

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago

Looks like she is from New Jersey originally? I guess being banished to new jersey is biblically accurate if you consider the movie Dogma to be canon.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I thought they were banished to Wisconsin or Minnesota.

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Hmmm.... I might have been heretical then. Been a while since I've seen it, maybe I just subliminally associate Kevin Smith with New Jersey for some reason?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The church was in New Jersey, so that is where they were trying to get to. I happen to have the DVD and watched it within the last year

[-] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Ahh, well now I'll have to download and watch it out of penance.

[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

It’s code for death camps.

[-] 5in1k@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

The camps they are building soon.

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Much more practical to revoke her church's tax exempt status.

[-] FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Still makes no sense. She appealed to empathy, and she should be punished?

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 1 day ago

If she appealed to punishment, she would get empathy

[-] FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You found the loophole

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago

Madagascar perhaps? Not that anybody would follow up.

this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
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