“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves,” says a passage from the Bible. These words were written thousands of years ago but are applicable today. This is abundantly clear after Bishop Mariann Budde sabotaged Tuesday’s inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral.
The bishop of Washington does not deserve accolades or praise. She is a saboteur, a turncoat, and an agenda-driven clergywoman who hides behind the cross to spew her left-wing political beliefs. Under the guise of Christianity, the bishop uses her platform to preach ideals that run counter to the religion she claims to follow and represent. Her political ambush was inappropriate and disgraceful and had no place during such a revered, traditional service.
Consider Budde’s words during her propagandized sermon Tuesday.
“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared,” Budde said. She then identified the typical groups the Left regularly says are marginalized or oppressed. It was typical performative left-wing propaganda. The bishop was not promoting Christianity. She was weaponizing Christianity and her pulpit to advance cultural Marxism and other radical left-wing dogma.
The bishop spoke of showing kindness, empathy, and sympathy to people she feels are victims, not people who are actually victims. While she bemoaned the future plight of immigrants who are here illegally, she mentioned nothing of the 22-year-old college woman who was brutally attacked and beaten by an illegal immigrant and then left to die alone in a Georgia park.
And you know who was scared that the bishop conveniently forgot to mention? The mother who called her daughter who was being brutally murdered while on her morning jog on a college campus. You know who else? The parents who lost their children, the children who lost siblings, and all who lost loved ones due to violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants. She doesn’t care about “scared” people. She cares about those who align with her misguided ideals and beliefs.
Her act is not new. It has been performed by many on the Left for decades.
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In September 2024, data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed that there were “15,000 individuals convicted of or charged with murder, more than 20,000 of sexual assault, and more than 105,000 of assault” who were illegal immigrants “roaming free in communities throughout the United States.” However, the victims of their crimes, the fear and trauma they experience, will never get attention from the people in sheep’s clothing.
With the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, it is a new day in the country — and that is something that liberals, Democrats, and other ideological disciples on the Left are apoplectic about. Budde’s words were seen as defiance by many on the Left, but they don’t realize that the people in this country have grown weary of their acts. They have also realized their sympathies and empathies are not sincere but rather ideologically-motivated and disingenuous. They hide behind misguided ideals and beliefs to advance their hypocrisy and phony platitudes.