Still photography doesn’t even do it justice.
outside the White House with tear gas on Monday so the president could have his photograph taken with a Bible in front of a church. Law enforcement began forcibly clearing Lafayette Park about 15 minutes before curfew in Washington. In a bizarre bit of pageantry that drew immediate condemnation from the church’s leaders, the President then slowly strolled from the White House through the park to St. John’s Episcopal Church, where he posed for photographs holding up a Bible.
The photo op was lambasted by bishop Mariann Budde, whose jurisdiction includes St. John’s. “I am outraged,” Buddeon Monday night. “I am the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and was not given even a courtesy call, that they would be clearing [the area] with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop.” Michael Curry, the national head of the denomination, released a
condemning the president for using “a church building and the Holy Bible for partisan political purposes.” The church’s rector, Robert Fisher, also spoke critically of the visit.,” according to sources who spoke with NBC News. By that measure, it was a success.
But still photography does not do justice to the utter strangeness and cynicism captured by video of the same event. Upon arriving at the side entrance of the church building, the president paused and held the black Bible aloft in his right hand for several seconds. He briefly answered a few questions shouted by reporters, affirming that “we have a great country” and “it’s coming back strong.
Known as “the church of the presidents,” St. John’s has hosted every American president since James Madison at its services. Trump and his wifethere during his inauguration weekend, although Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress—rather than the church’s own rector—preached the sermon. On Sunday evening, a small fire briefly burned in the church’s basement nursery as protests over police brutality escalated in intensity in Washington and across the country.
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