'I am now a force to be reckoned with': Episcopal priest furious after Trump chased her from church

[deminks]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/i-am-now-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-episcopal-priest-furious-after-trump-chased-her-from-church-with-tear-gas/

An Episcopal priest who was forcibly removed from her church blasted President Donald Trump for staging a photo opportunity at her house of worship.

Rev. Gini Gerbasi was wearing clerical garb when U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops fired tear gas on her and a group of peaceful protesters to clear the area for the president’s unannounced visit, reported Religion News.

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RNS link:

https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/

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Episcopal Church leaders were quick to condemn the incident.

The Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, the bishop of Washington who helped organize the clergy presence at the church, said Trump’s arrival at St. John's happened without warning and left her “outraged.”

“The symbolism of him holding a Bible … as a prop and standing in front of our church as a backdrop when everything that he has said is antithetical to the teachings of our traditions and what we stand for as a church — I was horrified,” she told RNS.

“He didn't come to pray. He didn't come to lament the death of George Floyd. He didn't come to address the deep wounds that are being expressed through peaceful protest by the thousands upon thousands. He didn't try to bring calm to situations that are exploding with pain.”

The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, also criticized the move, accusing the president of using “a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan political purposes.”

“This was done in a time of deep hurt and pain in our country, and his action did nothing to help us or to heal us,” Curry said in a statement.

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When fascism comes to America (it's HERE), it will come wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross (or a bible in this case).

This is an Episcopal priest, not your orange jesus worshipping holy rollin jellicals. Still.

[yellowcanine]

1. Trump is in trouble now, he has made the Episcopalians mad.

You really don't want to piss off the Episcopalians, particularly the ones residing 2 blocks from the White House. He will pay for this. And there is no shortage of Bibles if they want to return the favor by marching on the WH holding up Bibles.

[lpbk2713]

2. "Don't fuck with me Buster!"

[Iliyah]

3. Hard core so called . .

evangelist will stick with him, but many will flee from the republican party in 2020.

[lindysalsagal]

4. GOP too stupid to catch on that all of this lives forever on civilian video

The greed doesn't surprise me: The stupid surprises me. And not just the gangster, but the whole gop.

[LakeArenal]

5. Just a photo op to dump.