Donald Trump finally found his way inside a church, attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. The interfaith service is a presidential tradition and a clearly uncomfortable and fidgety Trump sat in the front row with this family, next to lead phony evangelical Mike Pence and family. After all, would Jesus be working overtime to take away health care and enact laws to discriminate?
But, back to the topic at hand. As the multi-denominational clergy were exiting the front of the church, Donald Trump extended his hand to greet each one with a handshake as they passed by his seat. Watch as an (unknown to me) clergyman approached and quickly pivoted his scepter to his right hand, avoiding any eye contact or a handshake with Trump. It was subtle, defiant and a thing of beauty.
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Bravo! Donald Trump is notorious for being driven by revenge. Will he make a move to exact revenge on a well-respected clergyman over this snub? Time will tell.
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017 · 1:43:51 PM +00:00
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Jen Hayden
A representative from the National Cathedral reached out to deny this was a snub and they included the following statement:
“The person seen in the video is a Cathedral verger. He was one of several vergers seen in the procession. It is part of their role to escort members of the clergy at the beginning and end of the service. They do not engage with the congregation in that role. You can see earlier in the video that none of the vergers engaged with the president. You can also watch the video from President Obama’s prayer service in 2013 where the vergers also don’t engage with him.”