Bernie Sanders and Liberty University Agree to Disagree

At an evangelical school in Virginia, the candidate meets a different kind of young crowd.

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, pauses while speaking during a Liberty University Convocation in Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Arit John

September 14, 2015 at 6:33 PM UTC

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders took a variation of his stump speech to a new audience on Monday: The evangelical Christian school Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

“It is easy to go out and talk to people who agree with us,” Sanders said after being introduced by the school’s president, Jerry Falwell, Jr. “But it is harder, but not less important, for us to try to communicate with those who do not agree with us on every issue. And it is important to see where, if possible—and I do believe it is possible—we can find common ground.”