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Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Trump endorsement draws objections from his late father’s confidant
The Washington Post ^ | March 1, 2016 | Phillip Rucker

Posted on 03/01/2016 2:20:45 PM PST by JSDude1

This story has been updated.

It was one of Donald Trump’s first powerful endorsements: Jerry Falwell Jr., who testified for many evangelical Christians that despite leading a life of excess, the thrice-married, trash-talking mogul was indeed a God-fearing president-in-waiting.

But Falwell’s plunge into presidential politics did not sit so well with intimates of his late father, Jerry Falwell Sr., nor with some at Liberty University, the Christian college in Virginia founded by the elder Falwell and now led by his son.

Mark DeMoss, who for many years served as chief of staff to Falwell Sr. and considered the televangelist a second father, said in an interview that it was a mistake for Falwell Jr. to endorse Trump. He said the Republican front-runner’s insult-laden campaign has been a flagrant rejection of the values Falwell Sr. espoused and Liberty promotes on its campus.

“Donald Trump is the only candidate who has dealt almost exclusively in the politics of personal insult,” DeMoss said. “The bullying tactics of personal insult have no defense — and certainly not for anyone who claims to be a follower of Christ. That’s what’s disturbing to so many people. It’s not Christ-like behavior that Liberty has spent 40 years promoting with its students.”

DeMoss, a public affairs executive with deep ties throughout the national evangelical community, sits on the board of Liberty University and chairs its executive committee. He said he has discussed his views about Trump personally with Falwell Jr. — “This appears to be something we’re just going to disagree on,” DeMoss said — but otherwise has kept his opinions private.

On Monday, however, with Trump poised for sweeping Super Tuesday victories, including in Virginia and in DeMoss’s home state of Georgia, DeMoss decided to break his silence in an interview with The Washington Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016endorsements; christianvote; demoss; evangelicals; falwell; libertyu; republican; trump; va2016
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To: semimojo

This cult is getting more insane by the minute.


21 posted on 03/01/2016 2:41:03 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Welcome to Kardashistan.)
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To: Psalm 144

What is all that venom?


22 posted on 03/01/2016 2:41:46 PM PST by nclaurel
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To: Randall_S

Thank you.

Trump hate has driven people to scrape the very bottom of the barrel today.


23 posted on 03/01/2016 2:41:51 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: nclaurel

“What is all that venom?”

Over your head, clearly.


24 posted on 03/01/2016 2:42:46 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Interesting times. Someday, around the cave campfire, knapping flints, we'll all laugh about this.)
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To: JSDude1

Dog is pissed too !!


25 posted on 03/01/2016 2:44:25 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: bigbob

I dunno, I thought all of the yuck-yucking among the usual FR suspects over Heidi Cruz’s bout with depression a few years back pretty much found the bottom of that barrel you refer to.


26 posted on 03/01/2016 2:44:31 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Psalm 144

I recognize the words but what is your point? Apparently I was not clear enough for you. Seems like a non direct rant to another freeper. WHY?


27 posted on 03/01/2016 2:45:24 PM PST by nclaurel
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To: snarkpup

“In the last few minutes, Sean Hannity (on radio) has interviewed one of Trump’s kids, who was all upbeat and positive, and Ted Cruz, who sounded desparate and out of his mind spitting bile and venom. I think one reason many Chistians are shying away from Cruz is because they do not consider going around with one’s head exploding with hatred and rage to be Christ-like behavior.”

Oh please. I heard it too. Cruz was simply stating the inconsistencies of of what Trump is saying and where he has stood. He was “not spitting bile and venom”.

You act as if Trump has been some perfect gentleman. He has fire the first shots on every candidate. He fired the first shots on Jeb!, he fired the first shots on Carson (said he looked like a pedophile), he fired the first shots on Cruz. He made fun of Fiorina’s face. The rude and nasty guy in this race has been Trump. He’s an awful man. Yet not one of his flock will admit this.

Cruz is only trying to fight back. Trump started that war with his character smears on Cruz.


28 posted on 03/01/2016 2:47:04 PM PST by Angels27
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To: nclaurel

I guess you don’t grasp irony very well. The quotes destroy the man’s platitudinous and erroneous doctrine.


29 posted on 03/01/2016 2:49:00 PM PST by Psalm 144 (Interesting times. Someday, around the cave campfire, knapping flints, we'll all laugh about this.)
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To: JSDude1

Ditto that. I graduated from Liberty’s law program. I guarantee the law group there is not enthused about a Trump presidency.

Peace,

SR


30 posted on 03/01/2016 2:52:38 PM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: JSDude1

“Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Trump endorsement draws objections from his late father’s confidant”

Wow! That convinced me to write in Jeb! for president.
Thanks, buddy.


31 posted on 03/01/2016 3:06:08 PM PST by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: digger48

Did WaPo dedicate an entire issue to Trump Bashing today?


Apparently yes, and they are not the only media that did...Timing is everything and these folks are ruthless in their malicious attacks the day before Super Tuesday....Shame on them.


32 posted on 03/01/2016 3:17:29 PM PST by Freedom56v2 (I Stand with Sheriff Joe, Phyllis Schlafly, Jerry Falwell Jr, Sarah Palin, Pat Robertson, Willie :))
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To: JSDude1

Donald is busy licking over the tables of the money changers (the DC political class). Very Christlike


33 posted on 03/01/2016 3:26:14 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouadsandb)
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To: Nifster

Should read kicking.


34 posted on 03/01/2016 3:27:10 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouadsandb)
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To: Springfield Reformer

Perhaps they prefer Yeb or Marco


35 posted on 03/01/2016 3:35:26 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouadsandb)
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To: JSDude1

Yea but what about his late father’s confidant’s second cousin? That’s what I want to know, seriously. I won’t decide until I find out dammit!


36 posted on 03/01/2016 4:11:35 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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To: snarkpup

Yeah, I know a woman who’s all for Cruz and against Trump for the coarse language. Today Cruz said “Damn it!”


37 posted on 03/01/2016 4:14:38 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: JSDude1

And my brother didn’t like my college boyfriend. So?


38 posted on 03/01/2016 4:34:10 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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To: JSDude1

Falwell Jr. would have benefited from a few years in the military. Falwell would have as well.


39 posted on 03/01/2016 4:41:16 PM PST by MSF BU (Support the troops: Join Them.)
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To: JSDude1

I don’t think there are enough Evangelicals left to make a difference.

I say that as a very conservative evangelical who thinks Jerry Falwell went soft in his old age.


40 posted on 03/01/2016 6:02:14 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl (Fort Marcy Park - It's how Bernie gets more votes but Hilary wins the state)
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