SUNDAY TALK SHOWS Trump draws criticism for position on Roy Moore
Source: The Hill
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 11/26/17 12:25 PM EST
President Trump on Sunday drew criticism from fellow Republican lawmakers for his apparent support of Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore, who has refused to drop out of the special election race despite mounting accusations of sexual misconduct.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C), a prominent critic of Moore, described a losing situation for the GOP in the Alabama race, where Moore is slated to face off against Democrat Doug Jones on Dec. 12.
“If you think winning with Roy Moore is going to be easy for the Republican Party, you’re mistaken,” Graham said in a message to Trump during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Graham said the decision to back Moore is ultimately up to Trump, and said the president appears to be tossing “a lifeline” to Moore.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in his own Sunday show interview stuck to the position that Moore should exit the race, saying he would back a Republican other than Moore if he were an Alabama voter. “I think that'd be better for the country and, you know, the election’s in a few weeks here, or in a couple weeks maybe, and, you know, there is a possibility for folks to do write in candidates, so we’ll see but, no, I think it’d be best if he stepped aside,” Portman told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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