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DC Bishop: Trump Held A Bible ‘As if it were an extension of his..authoritarian position’

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4 years ago

June 2, 2020

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde criticized President Donald Trump for visiting St. John’s Church Monday after he announced that he will dispatch U.S. Military where governors fail to enforce law and order amid growing violent riots across the country, in an interview with the Today Show Tuesday.

“Consider the context,” Budde said. “After making a highly charged, emotional speech to the nation where he threatened military force, his officials cleared peaceful protests with tear gas and horses and walked on to the courtyard of St. John’s Church and held up a Bible as if it were a prop or an extension of his military and authoritarian position, and stood in front of our building as if it were a backdrop for his agenda. That was the offense that I was speaking to.”

The Bishop added that she was “deeply disappointed” that the President didn’t enter the church to pray or to speak with anyone “grieving.” “It did not serve the spiritual aspirations or the needed moral leadership that we need. It served as an instrument of his own forceful presence in the nation and it did not address the grievous wounds that we are dealing with and the agony of our country,” she said.

The historic St. John’s church across from the White House has been set on fire: https://t.co/mWgtdkwBq3

— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) June 1, 2020

St. John’s church is historically a symbol of the Presidents. It was partially set ablaze on Sunday night by rioters in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. The last time the President visited the church before Monday was before he was inaugurated in 2016, according to the Bishop.

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— The White House 45 Archived (@WhiteHouse45) June 2, 2020

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BREAKING: Senate votes down both articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in party-line vote

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1 day ago

April 17, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

The Senate voted down two articles of impeachment Wednesday which alleged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas engaged in the “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” regarding the southern border in his capacity as DHS secretary. The second claimed Mayorkas had breached public trust.

What resulted in a party-line vote, began with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., proposing a point of order declaring the first article unconstitutional, to which the majority of senators agreed following several failed motions by Republicans. The article was deemed unconstitutional by a vote of 51-48, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting present.

Fox News reports:

Schumer’s point of order was proposed after his request for unanimous consent, which would have provided a set amount of time for debate among the senators, as well as votes on two GOP resolutions and a set amount of agreed upon points of order, was objected to by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

Schmitt stated in his objection that the Senate should conduct a full trial into the impeachment articles against Mayorkas, rather than the debate and points of order suggested by Schumer’s unanimous consent request, which would be followed by a likely successful motion to dismiss the articles.

Republican senators took issue with Schumer’s point of order, as agreeing to it would effectively kill the first of the two articles. Several GOP lawmakers proposed motions, which took precedence over the point of order, to adjourn or table the point, among other things. But all GOP motions failed.

After another batch of motions to avoid voting on Schumer’s second point of order, which would deem the second article unconstitutional, the Senate agreed to it. The vote was along party lines 51-49, with Murkowski rejoining the Republicans.