Episcopal bishop of DC 'outraged' after Trump hosted a photo-op outside of one of her churches holding a Bible

How did he manage to bungle something so easy....

Episcopal bishop of DC 'outraged' after Trump hosted a photo-op outside of one of her churches holding a Bible, calling it an 'abuse of sacred symbols'

https://www.businessinsider.com/dc-episcopal-bishop-outraged-after-trump-hosted-photo-op-church-2020-6

• Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, DC, said she was "outraged" after President Donald Trump posed with a Bible for a photo-op outside of St. John's Episcopal Church.
• Federal police fired tear gas at peaceful protesters to disperse them and clear a path for the president to the church.
• Budde called it an "abuse of sacred symbols" to pose with the Bible and use the church "as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that our churches stand for."

lol he looks so odd.

Do you think this might hurt his vote with real Christians?

There are no "real" Christians. Religion was made to control people, so whoever a.) has the highest authority and b.) wields the Bible will win.

The only thing that could trump Trump in this regard would be the pope.

If anything this will get Trump more of the vote. Jesus was a rebel, now so is Trump, rebelling against "the liberal extreme churches".

Just wait.

This has never bothered GOP supporting Christians before.

I suspect the venn diagram of the people who will be bothered by this enough to affect their vote and those who voted for Trump the first time involves a nearly nonexistent intersection.

A photo-op holding a bible infront of an abandoned boarded up Church.

That's so Trump lol.

Depends. Are we talking about your average, church twice a year Christians that otherwise don't practice besides that? Or are we talking about pro-life Christians that, in the process of voting for Biden, would be choosing a pro-choice candidate over a pro-life one? Or something in the middle?

This is what sucks for me. I'm 100% pro life. Biden is a fake Catholic (Pelosi too). If Trump would just STFU and behave presidential, I wouldn't have that much problem voting for him. But...well, he doesn't.

he's never had that ability. it simply isn't in his character.

he's been tested dozens of times and failed every time

"is that your bible?"
"it's a bible"

lol, no shit.

President Trump could rescue a baby from a burning building and the wacky left would still find a spin that what he did is bad.

That said...

Trump 2020!

Yup, agreed.

The country is burning and all he cares about is a photo-op.

Also, the fact that he's using the Bible as a prop further shows that he has no moral compass.

Repeat after me:

The bible is not a tool. The bible is not a weapon. The Bible...

Trump would only rescue the baby so he could sue it.

Why is Biden a fake catholic?

Lol they literally gassed clergy so they could clear ground for the photo of Trump holding a Bible.

@mrbojangles25: Thank you for proving my theory.

link for proof.

Can't wait for the typical band of trumpettes to join in on defending this one.

@drunk_pi: Even Hitler had his followers.

WTF!

Holy crap,

Arlington County withdraws police from DC after being 'put in a compromising position'

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/500600-arlington-withdraws-police-from-dc-after-being-put-in-a

Arlington County Board Chairwoman Libby Garvey tweeted the officers were ordered “to immediately leave” the city.

“Appalled mutual aid agreement abused to endanger their and others safety for a photo op,” she posted

The county’s decision came after its officers were seen helping U.S. Park Police clear the area in front of the White House with tear gas shortly before President Trump traveled by foot to nearby St. John’s Church. At the church, the president posed for photos with a Bible along with other officials..

Orange Man.............bad?

That's why I'm here, broseph

Wow....if the police think so. Maybe he is bad?

@dale_gunther: Kinda like Hitler. Some types of leaders tend to inspire unity for those once on opposite sides. It's wonderful.

You know there has always existed atheists that weren't bigots and allowed others to believe what they chose? And those who are defending the actions of these cops always did. If the population can vote trump is toast. Which is why cons try to suppress votes.

Who was talking about that? I'm talking about gerrymandering.

This is an example of a shit post. If anyone was wondering how one looks.

1. Why would I not care about Christians when I'm currently in a long relationship with one? When did I say this?

2. I always sympathize with cops, and have said multiple times here I support them and that it's only a few bad eggs. Why lie?

3. I'm not a progressive. I bashed Bernie, his supporters, and have been pro Biden. I'm center-left.

Where are you getting this shit from? Are you drunk or what the hell is going on?

But that's literally the reason they were doing it according to leaked studies of a dead GOP operative.....

They wanted to reduce Democrat turnout (in particular black/brown) to increase GOP chances. Same goes for gerrymandering....

DO you want links to these facts?

Voter Fraud is nearly non-existent. They do it in particular for this reason. Trump is factually incorrect about mail in voting, he just wants to increase the GOP's chances of winning in elections.

Are you lying or naive?

So, are there actual videos of this? Because the park police is saying this didnt happen and they didnt clear it for Trump. Police were having things thrown at them again and rioters were climbing fences.

They also said tear gas not used.

https://www.businessinsider.com/police-dc-use-tear-gas-clear-protesters-trump-photo-op-2020-6

Who is saying that?

Sorry the off topic but ex felons can't vote in the USA? Wtf

Lmao this blatantly lying cop out back tracking. You're so scared all of a sudden.

You were 100% talking about someone in this thread.

"I'm going to pretend I wasn't talking about someone here even though I clearly am so I don't have to get roasted".

You got roasted anyway.

Smoke cannisters are not tear gas. Failing to abide by a curfew and throwing objects at officers will warrant a response. Silly story.

Yeah, it's up to a judge to decide. And political leaning matters a lot to some.

I don't think you can vote if you got an unpaid driving ticket of some kind too.

Advertising your own channel?

Some states. Not all.

You never had a point, you haven't discussed the topic at all....

You just randomly attacked posters ITT,

And then pretended that you didn't, even though the above literally shows you did. Who was this deflection rant aimed at?

But I'll give you a life line. Do you want to talk about the Bishop's reaction to Trump's moronic photo-op? or the withdrawal of Police because of how moronically they were used? Do you think Trump's actions were wise?

Video not working for me.

https://twitter.com/AugensteinWTOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fdc-protesters-trump-church-visit

Works for local news agency there I believe. He's still trying to get answers as to what they used, but SS said, "For operational security reasons, the U.S. Secret Service does not discuss our protectees or our protective means and methods."

What does this mean. Your first post in this thread was trolling flame-bait. Almost a perfect text-book definition example.

Says the scared troll. Everyone knows you were talking about people ITT. Own up to it, because people can just scroll up and see.

That's text-book deflection. This thread isn't about progressives opinions on Christians. This thread is about Trump's photo-op and the Bishop's reaction. You went off-topic to attack progressions because there was no way you could defend Trump's garbage actions.

Do you have an opinion on Trump's photo-op and the Bishops reaction?

That's text-book deflection. This thread isn't about progressives opinions on Cops. This thread is about Trump's photo-op and the use of Police force being called needless pulled back by Arlington County. You went off-topic to attack progressions because there was no way you could defend Trump's garbage actions.

Do you have an opinion on Trump's use of force and Arlington's reaction?

That argument is off-topic. That being said, you're objectively incorrect as leaked GOP studies directly state otherwise. Voter Suppression is real. This is a fact.

Can't believe this new users are the best thing they could recruit on such short notice.

What do assumptions about progressives ITT have to do with any of this? That's 100% deflection from the topic because you couldn't defend Trump.

You attacked members in this thread with made up stereotypes instead of confronting the actual topic.

Do you have an opinion on Trump's photo-op and the Bishops reaction?

Do you have an opinion on Trump's use of force and Arlington's reaction?

This thread isn't a discussion about the opinions of progressives in this thread, and to make shit up about them. Talk about what happened, not spam ad-homs.

@dale_gunther: By the way, we have a progressive pope. I bet that really blows your mind.

Making things up about progressive posters in this thread to completely avoid talking about Trump's photo-op, the Bishop, or Arlington County (AKA THE TOPIC) is deflection.

You're deflecting because you couldn't find any way to defend Trump. I have 0 doubt you are trying to get this thread locked, which is why you employed such flame-bait in your first post. It is your one goal right now.

Why should ex felons not be able to vote?