'Anybody else see the irony'? Bernie Sanders speaks at Liberty University [photos]

https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/643449468071735296

Bernie Sanders is giving a campaign speech and Q & A in Lynchburg, Virginia today at Liberty University.

Packed arena for @SenSanders at Liberty U. But unlike other #FeelTheBern rallies, student attendance here mandatory pic.twitter.com/IgGnTOrqKg

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) September 14, 2015

.@BernieSanders @LibertyU – LIVE shortly on C-SPAN http://t.co/tbjFjQN2Y1 pic.twitter.com/LX5zIbmSQg

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 14, 2015

Happening Now: @BernieSanders speaks @LibertyU – LIVE on C-SPAN http://t.co/tbjFjQN2Y1 pic.twitter.com/lPDWc0YNKf

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 14, 2015

A question and answer session at Liberty University with Bernie Sanders: pic.twitter.com/lG93gSk19I

— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) September 14, 2015

Really fascinating event here at Liberty. Not an enthusiastic response for Sanders from the student body, but a respectful one

— Emily Schultheis (@emilyrs) September 14, 2015

Will Sanders’ socialism pitch convince any Liberty students to jump aboard the campaign that Cornel West referred to as “the love train”?

@awzurcher Mandatory? Why would ppl want to listen to socialist @SenSanders spread his anti-american propaganda besides Obama supporters?

— ⚒️(((Todd)))? (@Fiercely_) September 14, 2015

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Anybody else see the irony in an avowed socialist speaking at a place called "Liberty"? #libertyuniversity #BernDownForWhat

— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) September 14, 2015

Also helped that Liberty let in a few hundred Sanders supporters who cheered the candidate during some of his less-popular applause lines

— JDub (@VerbDC) September 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/whpatterson/status/643450552144277504

Good for Sanders. Candidates should go to non-traditional, politically non-friendly places. https://t.co/lI9kHi14Nb

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 14, 2015

If want to see how responsible freedom of speech and debate works…see Sanders trip to Liberty U…and how their students are treating him.

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) September 14, 2015

https://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/643439569258586113

Leftists aren't open to opposing view points. https://t.co/1L28Mqz0NP

— RBe (@RBPundit) September 14, 2015

Not always, that’s for sure.