After one of President Trump’s most ruinous weeks in office, the White House sent none of its officials to defend him on Sunday talk shows — leaving the task to Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.
As Trump’s lone mouthpiece on the Sunday circuit, Falwell baselessly claimed that Trump had confidential information that prevented him from denouncing the extremist leaders of a hate rally in Virginia that led to a woman’s death.
“He has inside information that I don't have,” Falwell, one of Trump’s top evangelical advisers, said on ABC News’ “This Week.”
“I don't know if there were historical purists there who were trying to preserve some statues. I don't know. But he had information I didn't have.”
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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.
(Steve Helber/AP)Pressed to explain himself, Falwell added, “I think (Trump) saw videos of who was there. I think he was talking about what he had seen, information that he had that I don't have.”
Trump faced some of the fiercest criticism of his presidency after he refused to fully condemn the Charlottesville rally, which drew neo-Nazis, white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan members, as well as thousands of counter-protesters.
Trump denounced the most extreme factions of the rally crowd but insisted there was “very fine people” among the haters who, according to Trump, just wanted to preserve a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Falwell — a Virginia resident and University of Virginia graduate — said Sunday he wasn’t sure whether “fine people” were on the side of the neo-Nazis.
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“I don't have that information,” he said.
“All I know is those people are pure evil.”
President Trump speaking at Liberty University in May.
(Steve Helber/AP)“This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz said at the beginning of the show that the White House would not provide anyone for Sunday shows — a rare snub from the Trump administration. Raddatz said the White House suggested booking Falwell instead.
Falwell was an early supporter of Trump’s candidacy, and Trump has appointed him to chair a U.S. Department of Education reforms task force. Liberty University — a Christian school in Lynchburg, Va. — invited Trump to speak at its commencement in May, where he lashed out against Washington and the media in front of the graduating class.
Falwell’s support for Trump has sickened some Liberty University graduates. According to NPR, a small group of alumni are planning to return their Liberty diplomas as a protest against Trump.
A New York City megachurch pastor, A.R. Bernard, quit Trump's evagelical advisory board in response to the President's Charlottesville remarks.
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