Jerry Falwell Jr. Accepts Advisory Position from Trump, Will 'Influence Education Policy'

By Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service
Image via RNS/Reuters/Dave Kaup
Nov 28, 2016
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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. believes that Donald Trump “will become America’s greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.”

But that wasn’t enough to persuade him to accept Trump’s offer to become secretary of education, he said.

Falwell told Religion News Service the decision was due to concerns for the health of his family and the university he leads.

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