Grads returning diplomas to protest Falwell’s Trump support
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(Worthy News) – Some graduates of Liberty University say they’re returning their diplomas to the evangelical school to denounce President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of support for Donald Trump.
Falwell dismissed the protest on Monday, telling The Associated Press that it’s “all just grandstanding.”
The students organized the effort after Falwell, in tweets and interviews, defended the president’s response to a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to deadly violence. Democrats and Republicans, business executives, artists and other religious leaders have criticized Trump for saying “both sides” share blame, but Falwell has repeatedly gone to bat for Trump. [ Source (Read More…) ]
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