Bernie Sanders casts wide net at Liberty University: #tellusatoday

USA TODAY

We asked for thoughts about Sen. Bernie Sanders reaching out to conservative students at Liberty University. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

Why not? He has absolutely nothing to lose.

— @PopeVillage

It is refreshing to see people with very different ideas actually exchanging ideas. This is what college is about.

— @jmgraceland

It says more about the gracious hospitality of Liberty University than it does about Sanders.

— @johnwyte

It says the right is more tolerant than the so-called party of tolerance.

— @KesaraRiku

Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

I love Bernie Sanders, building bridges and finding common ground on Jesus’ constant imploring of us to be compassionate to the least among us, to care for those who are weak and troubled. For many Liberty University students, Christian students, that sentiment will resonate because that is the core of Jesus’ message.

— Bill Douglas

Hopefully, somebody from the school shared the Gospel to explain to Sanders why Christians don’t buy into gay marriage and abortion.

— Steven Lesher

He did a good job. It was my first time seeing or hearing him speak. My curiosity lured me to watch it online. Sanders showed me that it is possible to discuss morality on a human level vs. in a manner that stresses a diversity that divides and annoys people. I liked him.

— Kimberly Holbrook

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