Trump offers second Moore endorsement days before Alabama election
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 12/08/2017 10:41 AM EST
President Donald Trump offered another full-throated pitch on Friday for Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, imploring Alabama voters to keep the seat under GOP control and away from a “Pelosi/Schumer puppet,” Democrat Doug Jones.
“LAST thing the Make America Great Again Agenda needs is a Liberal Democrat in Senate where we have so little margin for victory already,” the president wrote on Twitter. “The Pelosi/Schumer Puppet Jones would vote against us 100% of the time. He’s bad on Crime, Life, Border, Vets, Guns & Military. VOTE ROY MOORE!”
Moore, a controversial former chief judge of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been accused by multiple woman of sexual misconduct, including one who alleged she was molested by Moore when she was 14 and he was in his 30s. Moore has denied the charges.
The allegations, which began to surface weeks ago, prompted an immediate distancing of Washington Republicans away from Moore’s campaign. Trump, in a statement, called on Moore to step aside if the allegations were true and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he believed the accusations to be credible and called on the Alabama Republican to drop his Senate bid. The Republican National Senatorial Committee and the Republican National Committee both canceled fundraising agreements with Moore’s campaign.
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