“They are excellent neighbors and pay taxes. They are devoted followers of our temples, gurdwaras, synagogues, mosques, and churches,” she said.
Trump reacted to Budde’s comments with a stony countenance while seated in the first pew close to First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and his wife, Usha Vance.
After the ceremony, he expressed his frank view, calling the event “not very exciting” and adding, “They could do much better,” according to AP News.
In a CNN interview, the bishop has since addressed Trump’s comments. “[I was] reminding us all that the people that are frightened in our country, the two groups that.
I mentioned, are our fellow human beings, and that they have been portrayed all throughout the political campaign in the harshest of lights,” she said.
