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Unveiled Hypocrisy: Nasty Bishop Who Chastised Trump’s Immigration Policies Revealed to Have Pocketed $53 Million in Taxpayer Money
The Gateway Pundit ^ | 2/5/205 | Jim Hᴏft

Posted on 02/06/2025 10:41:38 AM PST by Vendome

Bishop Mariann Budde, who famously criticized Trump during an inaugural prayer service, has been found to have pocketed a staggering $53 million in taxpayer funds through her organization, Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM).

This bombshell comes as no surprise to those who see through the sanctimonious veneer of left-wing religious leaders who preach compassion while filling their coffers with public money.

Bishop Budde, during an inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, implored President Trump to show compassion towards vulnerable groups, including illegal aliens and members of the LGBTQ community.

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President,” Budde began. “As you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God.”

“In the name of a loving God, to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now, she stated. “There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives.”

Budde’s moral posturing conveniently omits the fact that the Episcopal Migration Ministry (EMM), the federal contracting arm of her church, has been profiting immensely from taxpayer-funded government programs aimed at resettling migrants.

In 2023 alone, EMM raked in $53 million to resettle 3,600 individuals, according to the New York Post.

The news outlet added that in 2024, EMM “sponsored” 6,400 individuals from 48 countries, including Afghans under a special humanitarian program and refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

These new arrivals are immediately eligible for all forms of welfare, such as Medicaid and cash assistance, on the same basis as U.S. citizens. Further, they can sponsor friends and relatives under a recent Biden expansion of the refugee resettlement program.

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Let the beat down and begin
1 posted on 02/06/2025 10:41:38 AM PST by Vendome
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the Episcopal Migration Ministry (EMM), the federal contracting arm of her church, has been profiting immensely from taxpayer-funded government programs aimed at resettling migrants.

Paging DOGE

2 posted on 02/06/2025 10:43:33 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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Lock that phoney c__t up!!!


3 posted on 02/06/2025 10:43:50 AM PST by Lockbar (Even when you think you finally have enough ammo,.you still really don't have enough. )
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If you think that’s bad, the Lutheran NGO groups have amassed almost 800 million dollars in federal tax money, much of which went to refugee resettlements.

Any church/synagogue connected to any of these groups should have their 501c3’s revoked along with being sued for paying back the tax dollars spent.

They are clearly political organizations and should be taxed as such


4 posted on 02/06/2025 10:44:12 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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How did people think she could afford the $500 hairstylist?

She told him “Do your thing, spare no expense, just make me look like the SNL Church Lady.”


5 posted on 02/06/2025 10:44:49 AM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Same basis as u.s. citizens?


6 posted on 02/06/2025 10:46:59 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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The organization pocketed the money, not the bishop.


7 posted on 02/06/2025 10:48:00 AM PST by Fido969
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What?


8 posted on 02/06/2025 10:48:01 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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And?

You don’t think a portion of her salary, Bene’s and expense account were paid from that?


9 posted on 02/06/2025 10:50:25 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: 1Old Pro

“resettling migrants“

migrate: To change location periodically, especially by moving seasonally from one region to another.

American Heritage Dictionary

If they don’t migrate back then they aren’t by definition migrants.


10 posted on 02/06/2025 10:50:38 AM PST by packagingguy
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Claw back time...


11 posted on 02/06/2025 10:51:25 AM PST by farmguy ( )
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illegal aliens


12 posted on 02/06/2025 10:51:41 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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Yup—it looks like these “principled” leftists are nothing but street whores...


13 posted on 02/06/2025 10:52:08 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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Ideology follows interest.


14 posted on 02/06/2025 10:55:39 AM PST by Salman (In Hell it is a punishable offense not to call it Heaven.)
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Another hyperbolic, lying GP headline.


15 posted on 02/06/2025 10:59:18 AM PST by sunny bonobo
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16 posted on 02/06/2025 11:00:00 AM PST by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?" )
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That’s an insult to street whores.


17 posted on 02/06/2025 11:00:54 AM PST by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?" )
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To: Vendome

Most assuredly, but SOME is not 53 million.Another lying headline from GP.


18 posted on 02/06/2025 11:02:01 AM PST by sunny bonobo
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Who pays the bishop’s salary?

Lol.

New concepts for you:

—Self dealing
—Identity of interest
—Conflict of interest

It is how crooks play the big government game.


19 posted on 02/06/2025 11:02:42 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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i hope DOGE sends her a bill for 53M.


20 posted on 02/06/2025 11:03:42 AM PST by dadfly
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