Tag Archives: Jerry Falwell Jr

From Falwell’s Q&A with the Washington Post: Q: You and other white evangelical leaders have strongly supported President Donald Trump. What about him exemplifies Christianity and earns him your support? A: What earns him my support is his business acumen. Our country was so deep in debt and so mismanaged by career politicians that we needed someone who was not …

The Christian Post reports: Michael Hiskey, Liberty University’s senior director of academic planning and operations who also serves as a business professor at the popular evangelical Christian University in Lynchburg, Virginia, remained in jail Wednesday on charges of attempted murder, abduction and kidnapping as well as assault and battery of his wife. Hiskey, 27, was booked into the Blue Ridge …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump is a “good moral person” and an example to the nation, according to one of the most prominent evangelical Christians in the US. Jerry Falwell, who is credited along with other evangelical leaders with delivering a huge Christian vote for Trump in 2016, said he had “no doubts, no hesitations” about supporting the president. “He …

The Roanoke Times reports: A cardiologist and medical engineer spoke at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine on Wednesday about an innovative new procedure, revealing a surprise patient: Jerry Falwell Jr. Falwell, president of Liberty University, revealed Wednesday he was born with a hole in his heart that has caused decades of migraines and two mild strokes in 2016. Last …

The Washington Examiner reports: Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. implored conservatives and Christians to support “street fighters” over “nice guys” in order to defeat the Democratic Party’s agenda. Falwell, a staunch supporter of President Trump, referred to current Republican lawmakers as a “bunch of wimps” in a tweet Friday night. The tweet comes as Senate Republicans have given into …

Politico reports: Jerry Falwell Jr., a top conservative religious leader, said Monday he urged President Donald Trump to fire Jeff Sessions over his handling of investigations into Russian election meddling, saying the attorney general has lost evangelicals’ support. “He really is not on the president’s team, never was,” Falwell, the president of Liberty University, said of Sessions. “He’s wanted to …

The Hill reports: Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. said he thinks Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray “deceived” President Trump into appointing them. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Saturday said in response to the evangelical’s tweet that the people who decided not to prosecute those listed by Falwell Jr. were Sessions, Rosenstein …

Contemptor reports: Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, the famous Christian college, has labelled Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler a progressive and suggested he was a liberal. In a series of tweets Thursday night, Falwell defended President Donald Trump and attacked Trump’s perceived opponents. Falwell tagged Hillary Clinton in his tweet comparing her to Adolf Hitler. She has not yet …

According to Politico Playbook, last night Jerry Falwell Jr. was spotted “huddling” with Donald Trump Jr. in the lobby of the Trump DC hotel after attending the “red carpet” premiere of Dinesh D’Souza’s latest deranged propaganda film, Death Of A Nation. Then, purely by coincidence and at 2AM, Falwell posted the below tweet denouncing Jeff Sessions as a “phony.” Not …

Fox News reports: As schools nationwide debate on how to keep firearms away from campus, Liberty University opened a multimillion-dollar gun range today for student activities and hosting competitions. The largest Christian university, located in Lynchburg, Va., already allows students to have guns in their dorms and more than 3,000 students have completed free firearm safety courses offered through LUPD, …

Mediaite reports: Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of the ultra evangelical Liberty University and an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, was viciously mocked on Twitter today after suggesting Attorney General Jeff Sessions is actually an “establishment” Republican. Falwell’s comments — which have little basis in fact, as Sessions’ history of far-right domestic policy peddling put him much closer to …

Religious News Service reports: “It comes down to a question who is more credible in the eyes of the voters — the candidate or the accuser,” said Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of evangelical Liberty University who has endorsed Trump and Moore, both Republicans. “The same thing happened to President Trump a few weeks before his election last year except …

The Hill reports: Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University and an ally of President Trump, said on Tuesday that the District of Columbia should “annex” Northern Virginia and return governance of the state “to Virginians. His argument appeared to hinge on federal employees who work in Washington while living in Virginia. Parts of Northern Virginia, including Fairfax County …

Endless name-calling. The Hill reports: Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. said Friday that President Trump should escalate his war with Republicans in the House and Senate who don’t support his agenda. In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Falwell said he has called on Trump to start referring to senators that oppose his legislative agenda as “fake” Republicans. …

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci is coming to Liberty University. Via Twitter, Scaramucci confirmed to The News & Advance that he will be at LU in November. Scaramucci did not confirm an exact date for his appearance or the purpose of his visit. Contacted by phone, Liberty spokesperson Mitzi Bible was unable to provide …

Hair Furor ranted about “fake news” for the millionth time this morning and praised Jerry Falwell’s appearance yesterday on Fox & Friends. Meanwhile this is happening on Falwell’s home turf: Liberty University graduates are calling on fellow alumni to take a stand against by returning their diplomas. They are also writing letters to Falwell’s office and to the Board of …

The Hill reports: Jerry Falwell Jr., one of President Trump’s most ardent evangelical supporters, said Sunday that the president “left the door open” to calling the recent violence in Charlottesville, Va. “domestic terrorism.” Falwell, on ABC’s “This Week,” defended Trump for blaming violence on “many sides” in the incident, saying Trump “has inside information I don’t have.” Trump “doesn’t say …

This morning Hair Furor is at Liberty University where he will deliver the commencement address. (Live video below.) Liberty head Jerry Falwell Jr. thought he’d promote the speech by praising Trump’s racism birtherism. The Chronicle Of Higher Education reports: Throughout their relationship, Mr. Falwell has praised Donald Trump for speaking fearlessly, even when others would say he was speaking falsely. …

The return of Two Corinthians. CBN News reports: The Brody File has learned that President Donald Trump will deliver the upcoming commencement address at Liberty University on Saturday, May 13th. The influential college bills itself as the “largest Christian university in the world.” “I look forward to speaking to this amazing group of students on such a momentous occasion,” President …

The Chronicle Of Higher Education reports: Jerry L. Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, has been asked by President Trump to head up a new task force that will identify changes that should be made to the U.S. Department of Education’s policies and procedures, Mr. Falwell told The Chronicle on Tuesday. The exact scope, size, and mission of the task …