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WATCH LIVE: Trump Gives Liberty U Commencement Address At 10 AM ET

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05.13.17 | 8:40 am
Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, smiles as he listens to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, at a rally Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
FILE - In a Jan. 31, 2016 file photo, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, smiles as he listens to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, at a rally, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tiny cracks... FILE - In a Jan. 31, 2016 file photo, Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, smiles as he listens to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, at a rally, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tiny cracks have appeared in evangelical support for Donald Trump in the maelstrom surrounding the newly released 2005 video of his vulgar comments about women. But conservative Christian support for the Republican nominee, which has confounded many inside and outside evangelicalism, seems to be holding for now. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) MORE LESS

President Donald Trump will give his first commencement address at Liberty University, the evangelical school run by Jerry Fallwell Jr., at 10 a.m. ET.

Watch live below via NBC.

Allegra Kirkland is TPM's deputy editor for audience and strategy, based in New York. She returned to TPM after six years at Teen Vogue, where she served as the Politics Director, overseeing all aspects of the team's political coverage.
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  1. Liberty U? Why not a real university? Could it be because they wouldn’t give you a tongue bath elsewhere. Still, I’m hoping for some jeering.

  2. Think I’d rather schedule a root canal.

  4. He never sounds more pathetic than when trying to speak to the Christian folks. Why they buy into it when it’s obvious he’s not even close to one of them is curious.

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