Cruz said before a Saturday town hall in Sioux City, Iowa, that he remained hopeful front-runner Donald Trump would accept his invitation for a one-on-one debate.
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In fact, Falwell’s endorsement of Trump goes in exactly the right direction, as opposed to Michelle Higgins using the platform of InterVarsity’s Urbana conference to endorse Black Lives Matter as “a movement on mission in the truth of God” (is that like saying “doing God’s will”?).
The tragedy of billionaire Donald Trump’s popularity in the Republican presidential nominating contest has many concerned citizens asking: How can this be happening?
Rick Santorum, who took part in the undercard debate, also took the liberty of criticizing the network for downplaying coverage of his campaign, being too obsessed with Trump and ignoring substantive issues. When we step into our role as citizens, we need to elect the most experienced and capable leaders.
He said, “I want to thank the evangelicals”.
Trump, he said at least twice, reminded him of his father, the famed televangelist and Southern Baptist pastor Jerry Falwell Sr.
By the way, if there are any self-identified social conservatives/evangelicals in the audience who are also Trump supporters, I would be sincerely interested in hearing how you reconcile your position. Yet an unscientific straw poll suggested there were few among the crowd who were there because of Mr Trump’s religious standing, or lack of it.
After personally endorsing Trump last week, Evangelical leader and Liberty University President, Jerry Falwell, Jr. welcomed him to the stage at the Adler Theatre Saturday night. “I think he will bring jobs to this country, he’s built an empire so he knows about creating jobs”.
In a Facebook video, the real estate mogul opens his Bible to thank “the evangelicals” for the support they’ve shown him in polls.
The late David Kuo, an evangelical Bush administration staffer who came to see his work as a “sad charade”, suggested in a 2006 book that Christians “fast from politics for a season”.
Trump needs to be given credit for lasting this long on top of the pack.
“For a guy who’s stated he’s never sought forgiveness, it’s hard to imagine how someone who is a strong believer (like Falwell) would embrace that idea”, Bush said.
Donald Trump: “Well they’re fantastic people”.
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“Ted Cruz is going to be the same today as he was yesterday, as he will be tomorrow”, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry told voters at a Cruz event in Albia. “Grace is treating everybody with respect and working with them”.
