President Trump attacks Roy Moore's opponent: 'Jones would be a disaster'
President Trump on Sunday doubled down on his insistence that a Democrat shouldn’t win Alabama’s Senate seat, once again appearing to back controversial Republican Roy Moore.
“The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military and our great Vets, Bad for our 2nd Amendment, AND WANTS TO RAISES TAXES TO THE SKY,” Trump tweeted. “(Doug) Jones would be a disaster!”
The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military and our great Vets, Bad for our 2nd Amendment, AND WANTS TO RAISES TAXES TO THE SKY. Jones would be a disaster!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2017
Trump, who is in Mar-a-Lago for the weekend, hasn’t outright endorsed Moore, the Alabama Republican who has been accused of sexually assaulting and harassing teenage girls while he was in his 30s.Â
In another tweet, the president noted his endorsement of Sen. Luther Strange, who was appointed to the seat in February, in the Republican primary. (Per Real Clear Politics, Moore always held the advantage going into the primary.)
I endorsed Luther Strange in the Alabama Primary. He shot way up in the polls but it wasn’t enough. Can’t let Schumer/Pelosi win this race. Liberal Jones would be BAD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2017
His latest tweets may become a repeated refrain in the final weeks of the race to fill the Senate seat once occupied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Before he left Washington for Thanksgiving weekend, the president said he didn’t want another Democrat in the Senate.
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He also stressed that Moore has denied the sexual misconduct allegations.
“Roy Moore denies it,” he said last week. “That’s all I can say.”
Trump, who has also been accused of sexual misconduct, did not say whether he believed Moore himself.
In previous statements, the White House has said that the president expected Moore to step aside of the allegations were true and that Alabama voters should decide who should win the election for themselves. The special election takes place Dec. 12.
Contributing: David Jackson
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