If there was ever a clearer example of “rules for thee, not for me,” the latest move by the Episcopal Church – and its high-profile Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde – takes the cake.
For years, Budde and the Episcopal Church have scolded conservatives, demanding more “compassion” and “mercy” for anyone and everyone crossing our borders, legally or not.
They’ve painted Trump supporters as cruel and heartless for wanting secure borders and lawful immigration.
But now? The mask is off.
When President Trump extended a hand to white South African Afrikaners – who, by the way, face real threats of violence and discrimination in a country where they’re an easy political target – the same Episcopal Church that’s always preaching open borders suddenly slammed the door shut.
And Budde?
The same woman who used the National Prayer Service pulpit in January to lecture Trump in person about being kinder to immigrants?
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She’s been awfully quiet. Not a peep from her about her church turning its back on these refugees.
A Double Standard the Size of the National Cathedral
Here’s what happened:
President Trump signed an executive order in February fast-tracking refugee status for white Afrikaners from South Africa.
These are farmers and families who’ve been targeted, threatened, and in many cases, murdered because of their skin color and history.
You’d think the folks always shouting about “justice” and “mercy” might have a little room in their hearts for them, right?
Wrong.
Instead, on May 12, the Episcopal Church – through its Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe – announced it would end its entire federal refugee resettlement program rather than help even a handful of these white refugees.
That’s right. They’d rather shut the whole thing down after nearly four decades than lift a finger for white South Africans.
Rowe called it “crossing a moral line.”
Really? After welcoming 110,000 refugees from all over the world – including Ukraine, Myanmar, Congo, and everywhere in between – the line finally got crossed when those refugees happened to be white?
If that’s not a glaring double standard, what is?
Budde’s Convenient Silence
Here’s the kicker: While the announcement technically came from Bishop Rowe, let’s not forget that Budde is the face of the Episcopal Church in D.C.
She’s the same Budde who couldn’t wait to attack Trump during a prayer service, accusing him of being un-Christian for his immigration policies.
But now that her own church is walking away from refugees – simply because they’re white – she’s nowhere to be found.
Not a sermon. Not a tweet. Not even a carefully worded statement.
You’d think a woman so passionate about “mercy” and “dignity” would have something to say when her church publicly abandons an entire group of persecuted people.
But apparently, to folks like Budde, not all refugees deserve compassion – only the ones that fit her political narrative.
Follow the Money? Or the Woke Mob?
It’s hard not to notice the broader pattern here.
For years, Episcopal Migration Ministries – the church’s refugee arm – has received federal grants to resettle refugees.
Now that the church would have to resettle white refugees, they’re cutting ties with the program completely. No more government money, no more resettlement work.
Makes you wonder: Were they ever really in it for the refugees? Or was it about the politics, the publicity, and the grants?
And let’s not forget, other faith groups – like Church World Service – are still stepping up to help these Afrikaner refugees.
The Episcopal Church could have done the same. But instead, they threw up their hands and walked away, all while wrapping themselves in the language of “racial justice.”
The Hypocrisy Is as Thick as Ever
This isn’t just about immigration policy – it’s about the glaring hypocrisy of elites like Budde who use religion as a political weapon.
They lecture everyday Americans about being welcoming and compassionate – while hiding behind church walls when it’s time to practice what they preach.
They cry about “justice” for some groups but turn a blind eye when the victims are the “wrong” skin color or from the “wrong” background.
And they’re always ready to slam Trump for being “divisive” – while fueling division themselves by picking and choosing which groups are worthy of their so-called Christian mercy.
Budde’s silence says it all.
When the cameras are on, she’s quick to virtue-signal about compassion.
But when her church makes a cold political calculation to leave white Afrikaner refugees out in the cold? Crickets.
The Episcopal Church’s decision exposes the ugly truth: For the woke elite, compassion is selective, and justice is political.
And folks are waking up to it.
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