Trump throws weight behind Roy Moore after saying he wouldn’t do exactly that
Moore has continued to campaign despite allegations of sexual misconduct (Picture: AP) Donald Trump ..
Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind Roy Moore — a senate candidate whose campaign has been overshadowed by allegations of sexual misconducted.
The president tweeted support for him in the December 12 election after previously saying he would not back him.
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He wrote: ‘Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!’
A White House official said only last week that Trump would not be campaigning on his behalf.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said whoever wins will be sworn into Senate.
Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017
Moore allegedly made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with a woman when she was 14.
The Moore campaign called the news first reported by The Washington Post — ‘the very definition of fake news and intentional defamation’.
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The incidents are reported to have taken place when Moore, the 70-year-old former state Supreme Court judge, was serving as an assistant district attorney in his early 30s, according to the Post.
Moore, then 32, first approached 14-year-old Leigh Corfman in early 1979 outside a courtroom in Etowah county, Alabama, it is reported.
After phone calls and meetings, he drove her to his home some days later and kissed her, the Post quotes Corfman as saying. On a second visit, he took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes except for his underwear before touching her over her bra and underpants, Corfman told the Post. He also guided her hand to touch him over his underwear, she said.
‘I wanted it over with – I wanted out,’ she told the Post. ‘Please just get this over with. Whatever this is, just get it over.’
Senior Republicans swiftly called for Moore to step aside if the allegations are shown to be true.
‘The allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore are deeply troubling,’ said Colorado Sen. Chairman Cory Gardner, who leads the Senate GOP campaign arm.
‘If these allegations are found to be true, Roy Moore must drop out of the Alabama special Senate election.’
The Moore campaign’s statement said: ‘Judge Roy Moore has endured the most outlandish attacks on any candidate in the modern political arena, but this story in today’s Washington Post alleging sexual impropriety takes the cake.
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‘After over 40 years of public service, if any of these allegations were true, they would have been made public long before now.’
Moore has been married to the same woman for 33 years and has four children and five grandchildren.
