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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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