During his Liberty University Convocation address Monday, Donald Trump said as president, he would "protect Christianity."
The Lynchburg, Virginia, school says it is the largest Christian university in the world, NBC News reports, and its president, Jerry Falwell Jr., told Trump he reminded him of his own father (Trump called that the "best compliment of all"). Trump promised that, if elected, "you're going to say 'Merry Christmas' again," and called Jeb Bush "a stiff." He also referenced "two Corinthians" (conventionally, it would be cited as "Second Corinthians") and, without naming him, accused Ted Cruz of stealing his immigration and border security plans.
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