Washington (USA) Jan 23 (LaPresse/AP) – Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Washington diocese, said she will continue to pray for Donald Trump after criticism of the president from the pulpit. ‘I don't consider him an enemy,’ Budde told the Associated Press. ‘I think we can respectfully disagree and put our ideas out there and continue to stand for the beliefs that we have been given without resorting to violence of speech.’ During a prayer ceremony Budde made a direct appeal to Trump asking him to show mercy for members of the LGBTQ+ community and migrants who are in the country illegally. The president called on Truth Budde a ‘hard-line Trump hater from the radical left. She's not very good at her job. She and her church owe the public an apology.’
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