Jerry Falwell Jr .: "You do not choose a president according to his quality"

Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. said that voters did not choose a president based on the morality of a candidate, claiming that leaders should be elected on the basis of a policy.

In an interview with the Washington Post released Tuesday, Liberty University President Trump Donald John TrumpTrump: "No choice" to maintain the government's closure by the army, the withdrawal of Syrian troops will take four months, according to Kim Jong Un: North Korea could "look for a new way" if US does not negotiate MORE and asks if it was "hypocritical" for evangelical leaders to support "a leader who has advocated violence and who has often committed adultery and lies? "

"When Jesus said," All sinners, he really meant all of us, everyone, I do not think you can choose a president on the basis of his personal behavior, "Falwell said. .

"Because even if you choose the one you think is the most decent – say you decide Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyThis week: the end of the confrontation endangers the measures military by the new Trump Congress that accelerate the search for McCain Trump's next fairy tale in the markets, alarming the Republicans PLUS No one could be a more decent human being, a better father. there may be things that he did and we just do not know, "continued Falwell." So you do not choose a president according to his qualities; you choose a president according to his policy. That's why I do not think it's hypocritical. "

Falwell has been a staunch supporter of the President since the election campaign, inviting Trump to speak at the Liberty Opening Ceremony in 2017.

He told the Post that nothing could do it, it could endanger his support.

"Only because I know he only wants the best for this country, and I know everything that it does, it may not be ideologically "conservative", but it will be best for this country, and I can not afford it. Imagine doing anything that is not good for the country, "said Falwell.

He stated that it might be" immoral "to criticize the president because Trump increased the unemployment rate among African American and Hispanic populations.

"Many of those who criticized me, because they had I support somebody" one who owns casinos and striptease clubs or others, many of them shouted out and said, "Yes, you were right," Falwell told The Post newspaper. "Some of the most prominent evangelists in the country said," Jerry, we thought you were crazy, but now we understand. ""