Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural prayer service held for President Trump. “The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list,” Collins wrote in a post on the social platform X,

The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, says she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at her over a sermon.

In the conclusion of her sermon, Budde addressed the president directly. On his first day in office, Trump signed executive orders targeting transgender individuals and immigration. The bishop responded to those acts by asking Trump to "have mercy" for members of the LGBTQ+ community and for immigrants.