Talk about a hot “Hot Topic.” On Wednesday’s (January 22) edition of The View, the cohosts welcomed a very timely guest: Right Rev Mariann Budde, the bishop who pleaded directly to Donald Trump at her service for “mercy” for those who were “scared” of his presidency on Tuesday.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde responds to the criticism from Pres. Trump after she called on him to show "mercy" toward LGBTQ people and immigrants at Tuesday's inaugural prayer service: "I was trying to speak a truth that I felt needed to be said." pic.twitter.com/nbSqcd6jS1

The bishop who publicly urged Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ people – and was dismissed as “a Radical Left hard line Trump hater” by the president – responded with an appearance,