Rebellious voices for Bernie Sanders at Liberty U.
Clearly, the most provocative political event of the day belongs to Vermont senator and socialist Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential candidate who made an appearance today at Liberty University, the institution founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
C-SPAN has video of Sanders' entire address here. The Washington Post has churned out a transcript of the speech, which focused on justice and income inequality.
We’ll focus on a question posed to Sanders afterwards on abortion. Sanders handled the topic well, but what may be more interesting are the clear shouts of support for the Vermont senator’s answer -–mostly female, given what we can hear – from an apparently rebellious minority at the conservative university:
Like we said, you can watch the entire event here.
About the Author
Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.
