Episcopal bishop of DC 'outraged' after Trump hosted a photo-op outside of one of her churches holding a Bible, calling it an 'abuse of sacred symbols'

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• Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, DC, said she was "outraged" after President Donald Trump posed with a Bible for a photo-op outside of St. John's Episcopal Church.
• Federal police fired tear gas at peaceful protesters to disperse them and clear a path for the president to the church.
• Budde called it an "abuse of sacred symbols" to pose with the Bible and use the church "as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that our churches stand for."
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The Episcopal bishop of Washington, DC, said she was "outraged" when she learned that President Donald Trump had posed for a photo-op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church Monday.

Federal police fired tear gas at peaceful protesters outside the White House at 6:30 pm, just before Trump gave a briefing in the Rose Garden to clear a path for the president to walk to the church after a fire was set in the church's basement Sunday night amid protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

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