Budde spent 18 years as a rector at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She asked the president to reconsider his policies on LGBTQ folks, immigrants.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's bold sermon at the National Cathedral challenged President Trump on social justice issues, sparking national debate about religion's role in politics and amplifying her advocacy for marginalized communities.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration Tuesday, which went viral and prompted the president to call her “nasty in tone” and “not compelling or smart.