TRUMP ENDORSED BY JERRY FALLWELL JR & JOHN ROCKER

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TRUMP ENDORSED BY JERRY FALLWELL JR &  JOHN ROCKER:

CONSERVATIVES & OTHER VOTING BLOCS SUPPORT TRUMP.

2016 VOTERS ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN.


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**** Jerry Falwell, Jr. Endorses Donald Trump's 2016 Bid

Jerry Falwell, Jr., the evangelical leader and president of Liberty University, endorsed Donald Trump's 2016 bid Tuesday, calling the GOP front-runner "a wonderful father and man who I believe can lead our country to greatness again."

In a statement issued just days before the critical Iowa caucuses, Falwell, the son of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, also called Trump a "successful executive and entrepreneur."

Trump, who is leading polls for the GOP nomination nationally and in the early-voting state of Iowa, issued a statement after Falwell's announcement, lauding the leader for his support.

"It is truly an honor to receive Jerry's endorsement. Not only is he a high-quality person, with a wonderful family, whom I have great respect for — I also consider him a very good friend and his support means so much to me," Trump said.

News of the endorsement was first reported by The Washington Post.

Falwell's support had generally been expected since Trump's sunny visit to Liberty University last week.

During his speech at the Lynchburg, Va., Christian school, Trump was repeatedly praised by Falwell, who called the thrice-married bombastic billionaire a "breath of fresh air" and compared his blunt style to that of Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ.

Falwell also suggested that presidential candidates should not be judged on their religiosity, noting that his father was criticized for supporting Ronald Reagan, a divorced Hollywood actor, over Jimmy Carter, a southern Baptist Sunday school teacher.

His enthusiastic support signals that Trump's efforts to appeal to evangelical Christians — an important Republican voting bloc in Iowa and nationally — have been successful.

The endorsement is Trump's second big one in as many weeks. Last week, he received the support of Tea Party champion and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, another favorite among evangelicals.

Both announcements are simultaneously seen as big losses for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is running a close second to Trump in Iowa.

Separately, Trump was also endorsed Tuesday by disgraced baseball player John Rocker.

In an interview with The Daily Caller, Rocker, who infamously dissed New Yorkers in a 2000 hate-filled interview, said he was “absolutely” supporting Trump.

“I think he has really woken America up,” said Rocker, who is best known for his venomous rant in the January 2000 issue of “Sports Illustrated,” in which he spitefully attacked New York’s minorities, gays and immigrants.

“Nowhere else in the country do people spit at you, throw bottles at you, throw quarters at you, throw batteries at you and say, ‘Hey, I did your mother last night — she’s a whore,’” Rocker said then. “I talked about what degenerates they (Mets fans) were, and they proved me right. Just by saying something, I could make them mad enough to go home and slap their moms.”

“It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you're (riding through) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids,” Rocker said of New York. “It's depressing.”

SARAH PALIN ENDORSES DONALD TRUMP; RALLIES 2016 EVANGELICALS (TRUMP IS IT)

SARAH PALIN ENDORSES TRUMP; RALLIES 2016 EVANGELICALS:

JUST REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THAT TRUMP IS IT.

TRUMP IS FIERCE & HE WON'T BE ANOTHER MITT ROMNEY.

~ Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump, Rallying Conservatives

Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, will endorse Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, officials with his campaign confirmed. 

The endorsement provides Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state’s caucuses.

“I’m proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president,” Ms. Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign.

Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far.

“I am greatly honored to receive Sarah’s endorsement,” Mr. Trump said in a statement trumpeting Mrs. Palin’s decision. “She is a friend, and a high-quality person whom I have great respect for. I am proud to have her support.”

In Iowa, where Ms. Palin spent years developing support, the endorsement could be especially helpful.

”Over the years Palin has actually cultivated a number of relationships in Iowa,” said Craig Robinson, the former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and publisher of the website The Iowa Republican. ”There are the Tea Party activists who still think she’s great and a breath of fresh air, but she also did a good job of courting Republican donors in the state,” he added.

Other conservatives said that Ms. Palin serves as a particularly effective shield against Senator Ted Cruz, who is battling Mr. Trump for the lead in Iowa polls by courting the state’s evangelical voters.

“Palin’s brand among evangelicals is as gold as the faucets in Trump tower,” said Ralph Reed, the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

“Endorsements alone don’t guarantee victory, but Palin’s embrace of Trump may turn the fight over the evangelical vote into a war for the soul of the party,” he said.

Mrs. Palin, who is to appear alongside Mr. Trump at a rally on the Iowa State University campus in Ames late Tuesday afternoon, could amplify the news media-circus aspects of Mr. Trump’s candidacy: 

Like him, she is a reality-TV star accustomed to playing to the cameras and often accused of emphasizing flash over substance.

What’s more, while Mr. Trump has already shown the ability to garner wall-to-wall cable-news coverage, Mrs. Palin’s active involvement in his campaign could help him deprive Mr. Cruz of vital attention in the homestretch to the Feb. 1 caucuses.

As rumors circulted that the endorsement was about to happen, Mr. Cruz offered praise for his former close politcal ally. “I love Sarah Palin,” he told reporters in New Hampshire. “Sarah Palin is fantastic. Without her friendship and support, I wouldn’t be in the Senate today. So regardless of what Sarah decides to do in 2016, I will always remain a big, big fan of Sarah Palin.”

Mrs. Palin and Mr. Trump are not strangers. The two shared pizza along with Mr. Trump’s wife, Melania, in June 2011, when Mrs. Palin was considering a presidential run of her own and was making a bus tour around the country. (Mr. Trump was mocked at the time for using a knife and fork on his slice.)

They also share a trusted operative: Mr. Trump’s national political director, Michael Glassner, was chief of staff to Mrs. Palin’s political action committee.

And like Mr. Trump, Mrs. Palin has maverick tendencies. The mantra of her final weeks of the 2008 campaign was “going rogue,” as she defied instructions from aides to Senator John McCain of Arizona, the party’s presidential nominee.

Little-known before Mr. McCain picked her as his running mate, Mrs. Palin ultimately eclipsed Mr. McCain in popularity. She has endured as a coveted endorser with an impressive fund-raising list.

Mrs. Palin endorsed several of Mr. Trump’s Republican rivals in their statewide races, including Mr. Cruz during his Senate bid in Texas and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. 

Mr. Cruz, after his 2012 primary victory over the incumbent lieutenant governor, David Dewhurst, said he would not have made it to the Senate without Mrs. Palin’s backing.

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