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(RNS) Early Monday evening (June 1), President Trump stood before the historic St. Johns Episcopal Church in downtown Washington, DC, and held aloft a Bible for cameras.
The photo opportunity had an eerie quality: Trump said relatively little, positioned stoically in front of the boarded-up church, which had been damaged the day before in a fire during protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.
The church appeared to be completely abandoned.
It was, in fact, abandoned, but not by choice: less than an hour before Trump's arrival, armored police used tear gas to clear hundreds of peaceful demonstrators from Lafayette Square park, which is across the street from the church.
Authorities also expelled at least one Episcopal priest and a seminarian from the church's patio.
https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/
dalton99a
(81,512 posts)niyad
(113,315 posts)FarPoint
(12,400 posts)I tend to believe it mind you but want multiple verification and the Bishop can share this herself with media...
niyad
(113,315 posts)obamanut2012
(26,077 posts)All over the media. There are literally 20+ threads on here alone showing that.
Good grief.
Quit carrying water.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Only the catholic church no longer get the clout and the payoff it once did.