It looks like Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. is a man of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump through and through. Days before the election, he posted a lengthy Facebook message giving voters a few more reasons why they should vote for Trump and not his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
"Before this critical election, I feel compelled to share a personal experience with Hillary Clinton. The year was 1989. I was serving as general counsel for Liberty University just two years after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law," he wrote.
Back then, Falwell said Liberty wasn't as successful as it is now. He said creditors were threatening to foreclose the campus, and he was struggling to keep them at bay, find loans, and restructure debt.
"One of our donors introduced us to Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas, which I believe was the largest off-Wall Street investment banking firm in the nation at the time. The bankers felt that Liberty could recover; they did a good job for Liberty but was ultimately unable to find the financing we needed," he said.
Everything should have turned out well, but the attorneys for Stephens Inc. were extremely arrogant and condescending towards them. Falwell said they had an air of superiority like they had never experienced before. Pretty soon, they were pushing Liberty to abandon its Christian traditions and doctrinal foundations.
"Their argument was that Liberty could save a few dollars by issuing tax exempt bonds instead of taxable bonds. At the time, Virginia law did not permit pervasively sectarian universities from issuing tax exempt bonds," Falwell explained.
But instead of folding to these lawyers' instructions, Falwell said they decided to uphold their Christian values.
This presidential elections brought him back to that unpleasant experience, and Falwell discovered that it had something to do with Clinton.
"Something about that experience persistently nagged at me, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Not long ago, I was looking through the old files and was shocked to realize that the bond counsel that had attempted to force Liberty to abandon its Christian mission years earlier was none other than the Rose Law Firm!" he said.
"By then, Bill Clinton was president and the Rose Law Firm had become famous from the many Clinton scandals in the 1990s," he continued. "The names of the law partners on the letterhead I found included Hillary Rodham Clinton, Webb Hubbell, Vince Foster (who was mysteriously found dead in a park a few years later) and others who rose to prominence when Bill Clinton was president."
Falwell has no doubt that once elected, Clinton's prime targets would be religious institutions like Liberty University. So he said that Christians must unite more than ever so they can vote for a candidate who will uphold their religious freedom.
"Our nation's future is truly at stake. Please remember to vote and to pray for our nation!" he said.
