Liberty University board member Mark DeMoss has come out in opposition to university president Jerry Falwell, Jr.’s endorsement of Donald Trump. In an interview yesterday with Tré Goins-Phillips of The Blaze, DeMoss said the endorsement was “a mistake,” and that he is “concerned” for Liberty University. DeMoss chairs the board’s executive committee.

“The bullying tactics of personal insult have no defense,” DeMoss said of Trump. “It’s not Christlike behavior that Liberty has spent 40 years promoting with its students.”

Falwell first commended Trump to the university — carefully noting that he was not delivering an official university endorsement — while Trump was on campus for a speech on January 18, saying, “Donald Trump lives a life of loving and helping others as Jesus taught in the Great Commandment.” Eight days later he gave Trump his strong personal endorsement.

Christian and conservative leaders immediately expressed strong disagreement. World magazine reported that prominent alumni spoke up with “surprise, dismay, and even embarrassment.”

Falwell defended the endorsement in a January 27 Washington Post op-ed, placing his decision in the context of his experience in fundraising and university development, and Trump’s demonstrated business success. “I believe the United States is very sick financially and might not survive another four years of Obama-style leadership,” he wrote. “I believe we need an experienced and successful businessman who has fixed broken companies…. I do believe Trump is a good father, is generous to those in need, and is an ethical and honest businessman.”

In yesterday’s interview DeMoss disagreed. “It bothered me that he said Donald Trump reminded him of his father,” DeMoss said. “Donald Trump certainly does not demonstrate Jerry Falwell Sr.’s graciousness and love for people.”

Donald Trump came in fourth among Liberty University students voting in Tuesday’s Virginia Republican primary, receiving only 8 percent of students’ votes.