Twitter users blast Pelosi’s foot-washing act as ‘political stunt’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took heat from Twitter users who said she was “politicizing Holy Week” by joining a foot-washing ceremony that included two immigrant children.

Pelosi, one of the House’s most vocal advocates for immigration reform, tweeted a photo Thursday of herself holding a pitcher of water and kneeling with an Episcopal bishop in San Francisco.

In the caption she plugged HR-15, an immigration reform bill.

Honored to be in the Mission to assist Bishop Andrus as he washes the feet of immigrant families. #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/XQsykdO1ai

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) April 17, 2014

Twitter users pounced on her quickly.

Why was #NancyPelosi in #Episcopalian church washing feet on Maundy Thursday? Did the #Catholic church not allow her? #tcot #Anglican

— 1980s Conservative (@SThompsonIV) April 18, 2014

Seriously?! Nancy #Pelosi uses Holy Week ritual of foot washing to push #immigration?! Has the left NO shame?! http://t.co/MYNURuqZcY #tcot

— The Friddle Show (@TheFriddleShow) April 18, 2014

I guess the local Catholic parishes wouldn't indulge her quest for a photo-op, so @NancyPelosi had to go Episcopal http://t.co/9mMdjI3dRj

— Matt Nolan (@_mnolan) April 19, 2014