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Related: About this forumLiberty University students protest association with Trump
The letter at Liberty University is covered in LBN, at Liberty U Students Break With Falwell Jr: We Want Nothing To Do With Trump. The Washington Post article that was the basis for the Talking Points Memo article goes into a more general discussion of the reaction to Trump by Republican student groups at several Virginia universities.
Liberty University students protest association with Trump
By T. Rees Shapiro and Sarah Pulliam Bailey
October 13 at 1:25 AM
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A statement issued late Wednesday by the group Liberty United Against Trump strongly rebuked the candidate as well as the schools president, Jerry Falwell Jr., for defending Trump after he made extremely lewd comments about women in a 2005 video. The students wrote that Falwells support for Trump had cast a stain on the schools reputation.
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Dustin Wahl, a junior at Liberty, told The Post that he wrote the Liberty United Against Trump statement and said that more than 250 students, alumni and faculty have left signatures of support. Wahl said that some students have been frustrated with Falwell for a while and that the publication of Trumps remarks from the 2005 video became a tipping point.
Since the most recent sexual assault thing, we realized this is a time we can all get behind this and say enough is enough. We do not support our president in his endorsement of Trump and we want the world to know because hes giving Liberty University a bad name, Wahl said. It makes it seem like were about populist politics when were about the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is about gaining the integrity of our school. This is an effort to say Liberty is not Trump university.
Other college Republican groups in Virginia have had to carefully examine Trumps candidacy. ... Rachel Moss, a junior who is a member of the JMU college Republicans who also serves as communication director for the College Republican Federation of Virginia, said that some students support Trump, some support Clinton, and others have recently withdrew support of Trump in light of the leaked audio tape. ... Moss said that instead the College Republican Federation of Virginia is encouraging college students to focus on congressional races in order to engage as many students in the campaigning process as possible, since multiple chapters have publicly not endorsed Trump. We wanted to be respectful towards those chapters and members who do not support Trump, as well those who do by encouraging members to campaign for their congressmen.
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T. Rees Shapiro is an education reporter.
https://twitter.com/TReesShapiro
Sarah Pulliam Bailey is a religion reporter, covering how faith intersects with politics, culture and...everything.
https://twitter.com/spulliam
By T. Rees Shapiro and Sarah Pulliam Bailey
October 13 at 1:25 AM
....
A statement issued late Wednesday by the group Liberty United Against Trump strongly rebuked the candidate as well as the schools president, Jerry Falwell Jr., for defending Trump after he made extremely lewd comments about women in a 2005 video. The students wrote that Falwells support for Trump had cast a stain on the schools reputation.
....
Dustin Wahl, a junior at Liberty, told The Post that he wrote the Liberty United Against Trump statement and said that more than 250 students, alumni and faculty have left signatures of support. Wahl said that some students have been frustrated with Falwell for a while and that the publication of Trumps remarks from the 2005 video became a tipping point.
Since the most recent sexual assault thing, we realized this is a time we can all get behind this and say enough is enough. We do not support our president in his endorsement of Trump and we want the world to know because hes giving Liberty University a bad name, Wahl said. It makes it seem like were about populist politics when were about the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is about gaining the integrity of our school. This is an effort to say Liberty is not Trump university.
Other college Republican groups in Virginia have had to carefully examine Trumps candidacy. ... Rachel Moss, a junior who is a member of the JMU college Republicans who also serves as communication director for the College Republican Federation of Virginia, said that some students support Trump, some support Clinton, and others have recently withdrew support of Trump in light of the leaked audio tape. ... Moss said that instead the College Republican Federation of Virginia is encouraging college students to focus on congressional races in order to engage as many students in the campaigning process as possible, since multiple chapters have publicly not endorsed Trump. We wanted to be respectful towards those chapters and members who do not support Trump, as well those who do by encouraging members to campaign for their congressmen.
....
T. Rees Shapiro is an education reporter.
https://twitter.com/TReesShapiro
Sarah Pulliam Bailey is a religion reporter, covering how faith intersects with politics, culture and...everything.
https://twitter.com/spulliam
Wow. Jerry Falwell Jr. is giving Liberty University a bad name.
Anyway, the article goes on to see how each school's group is dealing with Trump.
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