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https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. Johns church near White House
Jack Jenkins
WASHINGTON (RNS) Early Monday evening (June 1), President Donald Trump stood before the historic St. Johns Episcopal Church in downtown Washington and held aloft a Bible for cameras.
The photo opportunity had an eerie quality: Trump said relatively little, positioned stoically in front of the boarded-up church, which had been damaged the day before in a fire during protests sparked by the death of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis.
The church appeared to be completely abandoned.
It was, in fact, abandoned, but not by choice: Less than an hour before Trumps arrival, armored police used tear gas to clear hundreds of peaceful demonstrators from Lafayette Square park, which is across the street from the church.
Authorities also expelled at least one Episcopal priest and a seminarian from the churchs patio.
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Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John's church (Original Post)
G_j
Jun 2020
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Was he turbulent, perchance? (nt)
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)2. Only a few hours after speaking to Putin.
pamdamonia
(9 posts)3. How ridiculous! I wouldn't have even taken his picture. Such a scumbag!
Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)4. Cast out the angels for the demon
n/t