Also Speaking at Liberty University? Jeb Bush
Several weeks after Senator Cruz kicked off his presidential campaign at the iconic university, Jeb Bush is scheduled to speak.
Nick Gass writes at Politico:
Jeb Bush to speak at Liberty University
Jeb Bush will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, on May 9, the school announced Wednesday.
He is the second 2016 Republican hopeful to head to Liberty this year, after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced his candidacy last month during the evangelical Christian university’s weekly convocation.
“Liberty University is honored to welcome Gov. Jeb Bush to campus for our 42nd commencement exercises,” Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. said in a statement. “Throughout his years of public service, Gov. Bush has been a champion for excellence in education and so many other issues of vital importance to our university community.”
The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. at the university’s Williams Stadium, which seats more than 19,000 people.
He will not be the first Bush to address Liberty graduates. His father, former President George H.W. Bush, delivered the school’s commencement address in 1990. The elder Bush devoted most of his address to the importance of volunteering in American democracy.