Bishop who lectured Trump defends sermon that set off firestorm: 'How could it not be politicized?'

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined "The View" connected Wednesday to sermon her "mercy" plea to President Donald Trump astatine a supplication work this week, saying it was intolerable for her viral connection not to beryllium politicized.

Co-host Sara Haines asked if she believed her connection was being "misconstrued" oregon "politicized."

"I deliberation if you work what I said, I mean, however could it not beryllium politicized, right? We’re successful a hyper-political climate. One of the things I caution astir is the civilization of contempt successful which we unrecorded that instantly rushes to the worst imaginable interpretations of what radical are saying and to enactment them successful categories specified arsenic the ones you conscionable described," Budde responded.

Budde asked the president to have "mercy" on the LGBT assemblage and immigrants during the supplication work connected Tuesday. Trump and Vice President JD Vance, on with their spouses, listened stone-faced arsenic Budde made her remarks.

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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde joined "The View" connected Wednesday to sermon her plea to Donald Trump during a supplication work connected Tuesday. (Screenshot/THeView)

"That’s portion of the aerial we respire now, and I was trying to talk a information that I felt needed to beryllium said, but to bash it arsenic respectful and benignant a mode arsenic I could. And besides to bring different voices into the conversation, which voices that had not been heard successful the nationalist abstraction for immoderate time," Budde added.

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Budde whether her sentiment would person had much interaction successful a one-on-one mounting with Trump and whether she had that opportunity. 

"I've ne'er been invited for a one-on-one speech with President Trump. I would invited that opportunity," Budde said. "I person nary thought however that would go. I tin guarantee him and everyone listening that I would beryllium arsenic respectful arsenic I would with immoderate person, and surely of his office, for which I person a large woody of respect, but the invitation would person to travel from him."

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Budde's comments drew sizeable attraction fixed the venue.

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"Let maine marque 1 last plea, Mr. President," she said connected Tuesday. "In the sanction of our God, I inquire you to person mercy upon the radical successful our state who are frightened now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children successful Democratic, Republican, and autarkic families, immoderate who fearfulness for their lives."

She went connected to accidental that "the immense bulk of immigrants are not criminals. They wage taxes and are bully neighbors."

Afterward, Trump told reporters helium didn't attraction for the service.

Trump besides sharply criticized Budde successful a station connected Truth Social.

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"The alleged Bishop who spoke astatine the National Prayer Service connected Tuesday greeting was a Radical Left hard enactment Trump hater. She brought her religion into the World of authorities successful a precise ungracious way," helium wrote.

Fox News' Danielle Wallace and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.