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Undated: Jerry Falwell Jr. was born on June 17, 1962, the eldest son of Jerry Sr. and Macel Falwell (née Pate).[1] He attended private schools in the Lynchburg area, attending Lynchburg Christian Academy, where he graduated in 1980, and attended Liberty University, where he obtained a B.A. in religious studies in 1984.[1] Falwell then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he obtained a J.D. in 1987.[1]

On January 26, 2016, Falwell announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for the Republican Nomination in the 2016 Presidential Election; causing some Liberty University alumni and other Christians to express concern that Falwell had "sold his soul."[7][8] On July 21, 2016 at the RNC convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Falwell Jr. called Trump "America's blue collar billionaire" and "one of the greatest visionaries of our time" in his endorsement of the candidate he felt most likely to defend the "right to bear arms," "stop Iran...from becoming a nuclear power," and "appoint conservative pro-life justices to the Supreme Court." [9]

In an August 19, 2016 editorial in The Washington Post, Falwell compared Trump to Winston Churchill: "We need a leader with qualities that resemble those of Winston Churchill, and I believe that leader is Donald Trump."[10] A group called the Red Letter Christians,[further explanation needed] criticized Falwell for the pivotal role he played in "forging the alliance between white evangelicals and Donald J. Trump, who won 81 percent of their vote."[8] Trump, who is a personal friend of Mr. Falwell’s, gave the commencement address in 2017 at Liberty University, Lynchburg which is "at the heart of pro-Trump evangelical Christianity".[8]

In August, following a white supremacist terror attack in Charlottesville, Falwell defended President Trump, saying that the President doesn't have "a racist bone in his body," adding that the president is being attacked by "thin-skinned Americans". ... "You know, he's a little abrasive sometimes in the way he says things, and we have some thin-skinned Americans sometimes who ignore the substance of what he's saying because they're put off by his demeanor," Falwell said. "And I think we need to grow up as a people and stop being so easily offended."[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell_Jr.

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June 22: Jerry Falwell Jr. poses with Donald Trump near a Playboy cover, and holy heck breaks loose

Christian leader Jerry Falwell Jr. was so happy to pose with Donald Trump on Tuesday that he tweeted the photo to the world.

Then the world started casting stones.

Because hanging on the wall behind Trump, Falwell and Falwell’s wife, Becki, was a framed Playboy magazine cover.

It was the March 1990 Playboy, to be exact, with Trump and Playmate Brandi Brandt on the front. Brandt is also known for her failed marriage to Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx and for being jailed for her involvement in a cocaine smuggling syndicate that hid drugs in the toilets of airliners.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article85250202.html

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February 1: Evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. to head Trump education task force

Evangelical Christian leader Jerry Falwell Jr. will head an education reform task force under U.S. President Donald Trump and is keen to cut university regulations, including rules on dealing with campus sexual assault, the school he heads said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-falwell/evangelical-jerry-falwell-jr-to-head-trump-education-task-force-idUSKBN15G5F4

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January 26: Evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. defends Trump: Jesus “never told Caesar how to run Rome”

Falwell is willingly compromising his Christian ethics to support Trump.

This week, evangelicals have been debating how to respond to challenging aspects of Trump’s presidency.

Earlier this week, responding to allegations that Donald Trump had a 2006 extramarital affair with an adult film actress — and paid her for her silence — Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins said Trump got a “mulligan” on the affair.

The most striking take yet, however, came from Jerry Falwell Jr., president of evangelical Liberty University. He defended the president by arguing that Christian ethics and American politics should be kept separate.
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/26/16936010/evangelicals-jerry-falwell-trump-caesar-rome

March 28: Jerry Falwell Jr.: No need for Trump to apologize for alleged extramarital affairs, 'everyone knows his past'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jerry-falwell-jr-no-need-for-trump-to-apologize-for-alleged-extramarital-affairs-everyone-knows-his-past

June 22: Jerry Falwell Jr. poses with Donald Trump near a Playboy cover, and holy heck breaks loose

Christian leader Jerry Falwell Jr. was so happy to pose with Donald Trump on Tuesday that he tweeted the photo to the world.

Then the world started casting stones.

Because hanging on the wall behind Trump, Falwell and Falwell’s wife, Becki, was a framed Playboy magazine cover.

It was the March 1990 Playboy, to be exact, with Trump and Playmate Brandi Brandt on the front. Brandt is also known for her failed marriage to Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx and for being jailed for her involvement in a cocaine smuggling syndicate that hid drugs in the toilets of airliners.

August 21: Jerry Falwell Jr. keeps defending Trump as Liberty University grads return diplomas
https://www.washingtonpost.com/

August 22: Falwell the lesser

Trump’s most prominent evangelical supporter displays an incredible mix of historical ignorance mixed with moral vacuity.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/charles-j-sykes/falwell-the-lesser

August 27: Jerry Falwell Jr. says Sessions has lost evangelical support

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 be attorney general for many, many years. I have a feeling he took a gamble and supported the president because he knew he would reward loyalty.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/27/jerry-falwell-donald-trump-fire-jeff-sessions-797854

September 30: Jerry Falwell Jr.: Conservatives and Christians need to stop electing ‘nice guys’
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/409151-jerry-falwell-jr-conservatives-and-christians-need-to-stop-electing

October 19: Christian leader Jerry Falwell urges Trump support: 'He’s a moral person'

The evangelical Liberty University president, who helped give Trump the Christian vote in 2016, aims to influence voters again
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/09/christian-leader-jerry-falwell-urges-trump-support-hes-a-moral-person

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