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DC Bishop: Trump Held A Bible ‘As if it were an extension of his..authoritarian position’
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.
— The White House 45 Archived (@WhiteHouse45) June 2, 2020
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BREAKING: Trump Assassination Attempt Hearing Turns Into Screaming Match
What was supposed to be a hearing on the Secret Service agency’s failures leading to two assassination attempts against President-elect Trump, led to a shouting match on Capitol Hill. Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, “shouted at Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, after the GOP lawmaker lambasted the service for security lapses that made Trump a target of two failed shooting attempts” according to Fox News, which details:
The outburst happened after Fallon showed a picture of Presidents Biden and Trump at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony this year and suggested that as the Special Agent in Charge of that detail, Rowe should have been close enough to Biden to be in the picture. Rowe was not pictured.
“Who is usually at an event like this closest to the President of the United States?” Fallon asked, pointing at the photo. “Were you the special agent in charge of the detail that day?”
Rowe said the security detail was present but out of view of the camera. As he spoke, he became enraged and accused Fallon of using 9/11 for political purposes.
“That is the day where we remember more than 3,000 people that have died on 9/11. I actually responded to Ground Zero,” Rowe said. “I was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center.”
“I’m not asking that, I’m asking you, if you were… were you the special agent in charge!?” Fallon interrupted, shouting at Rowe.
Rowe raised his voice in response. “I was there to show respect for a Secret Service member that died on 9/11!” he yelled back.
“Do not invoke 9/11 for political purposes!” Rowe screamed at the lawmaker.
“I’m not,” Fallon fired back, as the committee chairman demanded order and banged his gavel.
“You are, sir. You are out of line, congressman!” Rowe fumed. “Way out of line.”
Fallon then accused Rowe of “playing politics” by refusing to answer his question.
“I am a public servant who has served this nation,” Rowe retorted, saying he served on the nation’s “darkest day.”
“You will not politicize it!” Rowe thundered.
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