State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz’s Opening Prayer Draws Complaints For Giving Thanks To Jesus, Trump

A freshman Republican state representative’s opening prayer in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is drawing complaints that it was inappropriately divisive. Rep. Stephanie Borowicz began the day’s session Monday with a Christian invocation that thanked Jesus for the honor and President Donald Trump for standing “behind Israel unequivocally.” Democratic Leader Frank Dermody called Borowicz’s invocation beneath the dignity of the state House.