Falwell’s tweet mess turns into another Trump-world embarrassment
Jerry Falwell Jr. spent June 9 apologizing after a tweet that landed with the sort of moral blindness that had become a Trump-adjacent specialty. The episode also prompted the resignation of Liberty University’s diversity director, making it more than a bad post and more like a real institutional fallout story. It showed again how close Trump-world allies can drag their schools, churches, and brands into avoidable self-inflicted wounds.
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Falwell’s tweet mess turns into another Trump-world embarrassment
Jerry Falwell Jr. spent June 9 apologizing after a tweet that landed with the sort of moral blindness that had become a Trump-adjacent specialty. The episode also prompted the resignation of Liberty University’s diversity director, making it more than a bad post and more like a real institutional fallout story. It showed again how close Trump-world allies can drag their schools, churches, and brands into avoidable self-inflicted wounds.
Jerry Falwell Jr. spent June 9 apologizing after a tweet that landed with the sort of moral blindness that had become a Trump-adjacent specialty. The episode also prompted the resignation of Liberty University’s diversity director, making it more than a bad post and more like a real institutional fallout story. It showed again how close Trump-world allies can drag their schools, churches, and brands into avoidable s…
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