Bishop Mariann Budde reveals why she had to challenge Trump during prayer serviceSource: CNN
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00:00I was. I was looking at the President because I was speaking directly to him.
00:06I was also, frankly, as you do in every sermon, speaking to everyone who was listening
00:12through that one-on-one conversation with the President,
00:16reminding us all that the people that are frightened in our country,
00:21the two groups of people that I mentioned, are our fellow human beings
00:26and that they have been portrayed all throughout the political campaign
00:31in the harshest of lights that I wanted to counter as gently as I could
00:41with a reminder of their humanity and their place in our wider community.
00:47And I was speaking to the President because I felt that he has this moment now
00:53where he feels charged and empowered to do what he feels called to do.
00:58And I wanted to say, you know, there is room for mercy.
01:03There's room for a broader compassion.
01:06We don't need to portray with a broad cloth in the harshest of terms
01:13some of the most vulnerable people in our society who are, in fact, our neighbors,
01:18our friends, our children, our friends' children, and so forth.