Video: Bernie Sanders at Liberty University - Did Students Really Cheer for Him?
I give Bernie Sanders some credit for not pulling his punches in this speech to the religious right training camp known as Liberty University, but I still believe it was not a good idea for him to let them use him to increase their visibility and credibility.
And since I’ve seen some news articles expressing surprise that Liberty students would cheer for Sanders’ statements on abortion and gay rights, here’s a comment from a Liberty student explaining that the people cheering were actually Sanders supporters invited to the event — not students.
I go to liberty so I was there and so everyone knows he was treated with respect. I like him and his views on certain things but obviously as a Christian and also my personal beliefs I disagree with his views on gays and abortion. But it was a fun time and I wish this showed the entire event because it was fun. And for those of you saying that some liberty student cheered for him, those people were supporters of his that were invited (not just students). Not a lot of students cheered for him aside from me and a handful of others. But I was very pleased with what he said although again I am against homosexuality and abortion. I also didn’t like when he mentioned jobs for young people but only said that 51% (I could be wrong on that percentage) of young black people can’t find jobs. What about young white people. But other than that I was really looking forward to it and I really liked it.
So, no — Bernie Sanders didn’t somehow win these religious fanatics over. That’s never going to happen.