Mike Pence Defends Trump at Liberty University Amid Evangelical Debate | Sojourners

Mike Pence Defends Trump at Liberty University Amid Evangelical Debate

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Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence urged forgiveness for Donald Trump Oct. 12 at Liberty University as evangelical outcry increased in volume over the weekend release of a 2005 video in which Trump is heard making lewd remarks.

“It’s not about condemning what is said and done. It’s about believing in grace and forgiveness,” Pence said at the Lynchburg, Va., school, headed by prominent Christian conservative and Trump backer Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Pence’s Convocation speech, in which he freely shared his testimony as an evangelical Christian, comes two days after Faith & Freedom Coalition leader Ralph Reed laid out the evangelical case for Trump at the largest weekly gathering of Christian students in North America.

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