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At her Las Vegas show, "Enigma," Lady Gaga said, "I am a Christian woman" and Vice President Mike Pence is "wrong." USA TODAY

Lady Gaga hadsome choice words for Vice President Mike Pence.

The outspoken singerpaused during a performanceof "Million Reasons" at herLas Vegas residencyshow "Enigma" Saturday to addressthe government shutdown and call out the nation's top leaders, including President Donald Trump.

"If the (expletive) president of the United States could please put our government back," Gaga, 32,told the crowd atMGM'sPark Theater. "There are people who live paycheck to paycheck and need their money."

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Lady Gaga is slamming Vice President Mike Pence as the "worst representation of what it means to be a Christian."(Photo: Frazer Harrison, (Credit too long, see caption))

Lady Gaga then took aim at Pence, who recently defended his wife, Karen Pence's, new teaching position at a private school that bansLGBT employees, gaystudents andthechildren of gay parents.

"To Mike Pence, who thinks that its acceptablethat his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ, youre wrong," she said. "Youre the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian."

Lady Gagacontinued: "I am a Christian woman, and whatI do know about Christianity is that we bear no prejudice, and everybody is welcome. So you can take all that disgrace, Mr. Pence, and look yourself in the mirror and youll find it right there."

Mike Pence recently defended his wife, Karen Pence's, new teaching position at a private school that bans LGBT employees, gay students and the children of gay parents.(Photo: Cliff Owen, AP)

The singer'sscorching take down comes afterthe second lady announced plans last week to return to the classroom atImmanuel Christian School to teach artin Springfield, Virginia.However, Karen's decision has come under fire over the private school's discriminatory practices against the LGBTQ community.

Underaparent agreementposted on the school's website, Immanuel can refuse admission to students who participate in, support or condone "sexual immorality, homosexual activity or bisexual activity." The school also can refuse admission based on similar "activities of a parent or guardian" or "within a particular home."

Pence backed his wife's decision onthe Catholic news network EWTN Thursday, saying it's "deeply offensive to us" to "see major news organizations attacking Christian education."

"Mrs. Pence has returned to the school where she previously taught for 12 years," her spokeswoman, Kara Brooks said in a statement. "It's absurd that her decision to teach art to children at a Christian school, and the school's religious beliefs, are under attack."

Contributing: Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY

Related:Second Lady Karen Pence is stepping back into the classroom at a school that bans gay students

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