US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: Washington Post
Author: Michelle Boorstein
2 Jun 2020
Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde blasts Trump visit to St. John’s Church
The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, was seething. President Trump had just visited St. John’s Episcopal Church, which sits across from the White House. It was a day after a fire was set in the basement of the historic building amid protests over the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police.