BuzzFeed - Cruz laid it out very clearly on Monday morning: He is running to be the social conservative candidate ? the kind a Christian college student body would vote for. The largely enthused crowd had a few pockets of dissent. Mark Wilson / Getty LYNCHBURG, Va. â Sen. Ted Cruz had a very captive audience for the official kick off of his presidential campaign. More than 10,000 students of Liberty University, required to attend a thrice-weekly "convocation" on the campus here or face a $10 fine, listened attentively to Cruz's half-hour long speech, small American flags (provided) in hand. "It's mandatory, but convo is one of my favorite times of the week just because it's a time for the whole student body to come together and be encouraged by different things," said Anna Nusbaum, 20. "And what other school gets to hear a presidential candidate speak?" At Liberty, Cruz became the first Republican candidate to announce this presidential cycle. And by announcing at Liberty,
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