Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with Donald Trump.
Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, in a statement titled “A Public Apology,” said Sunday that he had received many questions and comments — some of them distraught — about the meeting on Thursday which he and 11 other bishops attended.
He said the meeting was speedily publicized by the White House with photos and a video, without consent of the participants, and less than two weeks away from the midterm elections.
Trump tricked me!
What a lie, they knew. Now they regret because of the optics.
Shut up, trying to have your cake and eat it too. You knew exactly what would happen at this meeting.
Not exactly the first time a bishop has lied to my face though.
They would have to be absolute morons to believe it would be “used” any other way.
Bullshit. They were adults when it was all over the news that trump gassed a church, making the pastor run for cover in order to hold a bible for a photo op. No way they weren’t aware this is who he is.
They got some negative feedback and have buyer’s remorse, that is all. No empathy or humanity except the performative South Park rubbing-my-nipples kind of ‘I’m sorry’ after the fact. It’s so pathetically transparent.
US Catholic bishops are far more right-wing than Catholic bishops elsewhere in the world, and they have long interfered in politics to support rightwing causes including MAGA. But it seems now that they’re embarrassed to be seen near Trump.
More rats leaving a ship that’s holed below the water line.
Religious morons need to shut up and keep their “expertise” to memorizing made-up hysterical fairy tales.
the meeting was speedily publicized by the White House with photos and a video, without consent of the participants, and less than two weeks away from the midterm elections.
Imagine being so naive to believe that it wouldn’t be politicized - or that the White House believed in consent.
“Here, let me take a photo with this politician. I’m sure he wouldn’t politicize it, right?”
But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Catholic clergy are gullible. Practically a job requirement, right?
No consent required. The White House is a government building and no expectation of privacy exists.
Legally yes.
But professionally there should have existed a courtesy to where the clergy could have been asked if they wanted the photo of them standing next to the dementia riddled rapist felon posted to the wh propaganda channels and maybe been given the ability to say no.
I don’t know why they even entertained a meeting with the psychopathic toddler’s regime. That was the real mistake.
the photo of them standing next to the dementia riddled rapist felon
…was probably the entire point of the exercise, from the regime’s perspective, and I can’t understand how anyone headed to the White House wouldn’t understand this.
the photo of them standing next to the dementia riddled rapist felon
I agree that agreeing to stand next to the dementia riddled pedophile rapist felon was the obvious thing to avoid.
Can’t believe no one yet has mentioned that it’s not all public. The West Wing, the Oval Office, and private working or living quarters inside the White House are restricted areas where casual photography is prohibited, and access or photography requires special credentials, an invitation, and direct Secret Service supervision.
WH audiences are a matter of public record. These people weren’t playing with a full deck anyway, but this is some idiocy on their part.
I don’t know why they even entertained a meeting with the psychopathic toddler’s regime. That was the real mistake.
As a world leader you have to strive for diplomacy with everyone, and especially psychopathic toddlers, for the good of your people.
you have to strive for diplomacy with everyone
Yeah, that’s why Roosevelt and Churchill were so buddy-buddy with Hitler in the late 30s and through the 40s.
Oh, that’s right, they weren’t.
Part of diplomacy is communicating when there are lines that cannot be crossed without consequences.
“Buddy buddy” and “diplomatic” are not the same thing.
Counterpoint, if there’s nothing to be gained besides a loss then don’t bother. Frankly speaking we defer far too much to these milksops, Putin and Trump should both be treated with utter and open contempt the type where you snear at them and walk off if they approach. There’s nothing respectable about Trump and with the sole exceptions of lower government entities there’s nothing to be gained by interacting with him, if you ain’t a mayor or governor then the only words he should here from someone is “fuck off”.
Frankly speaking he really only deserves to be gunned down the next time he has the gall to visit a foreign power. He has long since waived his right to a trial via his actions.
Geopolitics extends will beyond your city and state.
I’m aware, what I’m saying is that the state and cities are the only ones who should do anything other than ignore this fuckwit at best. Unless you can somehow squize something out of him there’s no point in playing nice, so long as it doesn’t actively risk actual danger do whatever to him. And given how the US is actively collapsing in on itself I’d argue there’s only gains to be made by being antagonistic towards Trump and the US as a whole, frankly with this Iran war shit the rest of the world should be issuing general embargos, denials of port, and bounties from Trump his kin and his kith.
These bishops are mostly rightwingers, so they’re playing a delicate balancing act between kissing Trump’s incontinent ass and not pissing off Pope Bob enough to get fired.
Why the fuck else did these utter idiots think one of the least Christian men on Planet earth would invite them for a prayer meeting ?
His own guys consider him the antichrist ffs. Its so weird they choose to do this.
Article about a picture…doesn’t show the picture.
Who could have foreseen that a politician will be doing politics?
There might legit be riots if a president ever got on their knees and prayed to Allah in the oval office. Like no joke I think that would break some people.
They’re already going against their own scripture by praying publicly, they’re going to let themselves be photographed doing so, at the white house of a narcissistic idiot savant self-promoter politician, and they’re surprised that the picture was released publicly for political purposes?
I call shenanigans. They obviously knew, thought they’d get away with it without blowback, and are now in damage control mode.
How fucking stupid must you be to not realize that everything to do with them is going to be publicity or altered or used for their own gains?
We’re talking about people who are stupid enough to believe in the Catholic Church here.
No, the regret it now that it’s not as favorable to align with him. I’m so fucking tired of this born-yesterday BS these people pull out every time.
We’re going to be seeing a lot more of this after Trump’s gone. Everyone will be like “wha?! He was a conman?”
