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Liberty Universitys Jerry Falwell issues 3-tweet apology for controversial mask tweet
Read full article: Liberty Universitys Jerry Falwell issues 3-tweet apology for controversial mask tweetLYNCHBURG, Va. Liberty University President Jerry Falwell took to Twitter on Monday to apologize for a recent controversial tweet. Jerry Falwell Jr. - June 8, 2020As Falwells apology states, he has since gone back and deleted the tweet in question. Looking back, on May 27, Falwell tweeted the following:I was adamantly opposed to the mandate from @GovernorVA requiring citizens to wear face masks until I decided to design my own. If I am ordered to wear a mask, I will reluctantly comply, but only if this picture of Governor Blackface himself is on it!#VEXIT#EndLockdownNow pic.twitter.com/twu7r4rWhd Jerry Falwell (@Jerry FalwellJr) May 27, 2020That tweet also included a picture of a mask that featured the picture from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northams medical college yearbook allegedly showing him in blackface, as seen above in this article).