Donald Trump went to speak at Liberty University today, where he made a promise to the student body:
Donald Trump took the stage at Liberty University on Monday, drawing comparisons between himself and its iconic founder, Jerry Falwell, and vowing to “protect Christianity.”
The front-running GOP presidential candidate spoke to 13,000 people attending the speech at the Virginia school, after a glowing introduction from the late founder’s son, Jerry Falwell Jr., who said the politically incorrect real estate mogul reminded him of his father.
The speech was broadcast on Newsmax TV.
“I knew his father a little bit,” Trump said. “To be compared to his father is really an honor for me. I want to thank Jerry for saying that.”
Trump drew one of his biggest applause responses for denouncing the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
“We’re going to protect Christianity,” he declared. “I asked Jerry and some of the fold, 2 Corinthians 3:17: ‘Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty’,” he said. “It is so true … so representative of what’s taken place.”“Christianity is under siege,” he added. “Very bad things are happening … Somehow we have to unify, we have to band together, we have to do really in a really large version what they’ve done at Liberty … You band together, you’ve created one of the great universities, colleges anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world, and that’s what our country has to do around Christianity.”
It’s a speech that’s sure to assuage the concern of voters who might be leaning towards Ted Cruz in the wake of last week’s showdown.
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