Donald Trump thumped his Bible, misquoted scripture and pledged to defend “under siege” Christians during a wide-ranging speech at one of the nation’s most prominent evangelical Christian institution on Monday, in an apparent attempt to shore up support among religious conservatives just weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
“We’re going to protect Christianity,” he said during the convocation address at Liberty University, the Lynchburg, Va., school founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
The 2016 front-runner then proceeded to quote from what he introduced as “Two Corinthians, 3:17,” prompting chuckles among students in the crowd of more than 11,000, who pointed out that the New Testament book is generally referred to as “Second Corinthians.”
The visit came as Trump tries to bolster his support among evangelical Christians who form a significant voting bloc in the critical early-voting state of Iowa, whose first-in-the-nation caucuses are less than two weeks away.
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