‘I Am Outraged’: D.C. Episcopal Bishop Decries Trump Clearing Protestors With Tear Gas to Use Church as a ‘Prop’

Mediaite ^ | 6-01-2020 | KJ Edelman

[ZagFan]

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde expressed her outrage toward President Donald Trump after Trump used her Washington D.C. St. John’s Episcopal Church for a photo op following his address to the nation, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper, “I just can’t believe what my eyes have seen tonight.” Budde and other members of the church didn’t know Trump would visit their church until they saw it on the news, they said. Budde ripped Trump for his “abused of sacred symbols” and was “outraged” that her church was used for political gain.

[ronnie raygun]

Let them burn his place down

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep.

[Wuli]

But he didn’t mind the rioters using their rioting as a “prop”. He should not be a Bishop of any “Christian” church.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

She’s married? Good God.

I would rather lock myself in a mountaintop monastery in Italy until the end of World War VII.

[yuleeyahoo]

Likewise - in the same way or manner.

In this case, in it means in the same manner as Bishops. As stated in 1st Timothy 3:1-13.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks octex.

[nutmeg]

Today I have seen videos showing some kind of clouds of smoke. Perhaps there was tear gas.

Per Fox News today:

The U.S. Park Police reported that "many" in the crowd in Lafayette Park on June 1, 2020, started to get violent at 6:33 pm ET. The crowd wasn't entirely "peaceful" by any means. (I saw this myself on Fox News' live coverage on June 1st)

The U.S. Park Police also reported that they did NOT use tear gas. They said they used "smoke cannisters and pepper balls" to disperse the crowd.

CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, etc. etc. all reported the crowd in Lafayette Park on 6/1/20 was "entirely peaceful" and that "tear gas" was used to clear the crowd out for 'Trump's photo op'.

FAKE NEWS. As usual.