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Trump: Moore's Defeat Proves Republicans Have to Put Up 'GREAT' Candidates
PJ Media ^ | 12-13-2017 | Michael van der Galien

Posted on 12/13/2017 10:12:32 PM PST by Michael van der Galien

In a remarkable moment of complete honesty, President Trump tweeted that last night's election in Alabama proves that Republicans "need to put up GREAT Republican candidates to increase the razor thin margins in both the House and Senate."

In other words: not candidates like Judge Roy Moore.

[TWEET TRUMP]

Obviously, Moore wasn't as strong a candidate as the nationalist-populist wing of the Republican Party had hoped. It should never even have been close. We're talking about Alabama, after all, one of the reddest states in America.

So, Trump certainly has a point. What's remarkable, though, is that he's criticizing Moore (and therefore Steve Bannon) so publicly. It's very rare for him to do so -- he usually tries to keep his relationship with the Breitbart boss as good as possible. Apparently, Trump has concluded that Bannon too can make mistakes... and that supporting Moore was one of them.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
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1 posted on 12/13/2017 10:12:32 PM PST by Michael van der Galien
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To: Michael van der Galien

Exactly right ! McConnell and Bannon take note ...


2 posted on 12/13/2017 10:15:16 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Stop the Neo-Cons and Warmongers - No war with Russia- Support Trump in this endeavor)
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And by great, he means ultra-RINOs. No conservative will ever be considered a great candidate. But Bob Menendez, he’s awesome.


3 posted on 12/13/2017 10:16:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Michael van der Galien

He was a fine candidate with name recognition. What hurt him was the lynching by newspaper.


4 posted on 12/13/2017 10:17:16 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl (Look at the way the domino falls away)
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To: Michael van der Galien

PRESIDENT TRUMP expects excellence. One has to work hard to achieve it.


5 posted on 12/13/2017 10:17:45 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12")
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And by great, he means ultra-RINOs.

You really, really need to lay off the crack.
6 posted on 12/13/2017 10:19:28 PM PST by JoSixChip (Repeal and replace the gopE.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

In other words forget putting up candidates you want to represent you, just let us pick who we think will play the game and tow the GOPe line.


7 posted on 12/13/2017 10:20:03 PM PST by TonyM (UPS)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Moore got Borked.


8 posted on 12/13/2017 10:20:14 PM PST by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Moore was a horrible candidate and his campaign was the worst I’ve ever seen ... I think that Drudge and Coulter are right ... Moore’s loss served as a wake up call to our side and also spared the Repubs the problem of having a 10 ton anchor wrapped around their neck going into the midterms ...No more Moore’s


9 posted on 12/13/2017 10:23:43 PM PST by Neu Pragmatist (Stop the Neo-Cons and Warmongers - No war with Russia- Support Trump in this endeavor)
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To: JoSixChip

You need to lay of the RINOs.


10 posted on 12/13/2017 10:26:00 PM PST by nickcarraway (AW.)
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To: TonyM

no..Moore lost statewide elections twice in AL before his senate bid.
lets get real he was cruising to a win until the allegations came out.


11 posted on 12/13/2017 10:28:05 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: nickcarraway

Your Trump hate is obvious. Which Republican would you have rather had in the White House, if that person even had a chance to be elected last November?


12 posted on 12/13/2017 10:28:37 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: Michael van der Galien

In the next tweet, if you thought he misspelled “media”, consider this:
Meadia is a genus of eels in the cutthroat eel family Synaphobranchidae. It currently contains the following species: Meadia abyssalis Meadia roseni H. K. Mok, C. Y. Lee & H. J. Chan, 1991 Wikipedia


13 posted on 12/13/2017 10:30:44 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: Michael van der Galien
The information in the article Vote Fraud of Alabama from TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2017, deserves saving.


14 posted on 12/13/2017 10:34:37 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Neu Pragmatist
Exactly right ! McConnell and Bannon take note ...

Mark Levine had the best analysis of how this turned out. In the Republican Primary, McConnell wanted Luther Strange but saw Mo Brooks (Cruz prototype) as the one most likely to defeat Strange in a runoff. So the Republican Elite ran millions in ads against Brooks, so Strange would face Moore in the runoff.

Unfortunately for McConnell, Moore beat Strange in the runoff, and the 'BEST CANDIDATE' (Brooks) was now out of the race. So McConnell is responsible for the new RAT in the Senate.

15 posted on 12/13/2017 10:35:45 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: dowcaet

A Republican would be nice.


16 posted on 12/13/2017 10:40:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Displeased with the ongoing, gratuitous Bannon attacks.


17 posted on 12/13/2017 10:41:22 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: nickcarraway

The Republican Party is absolutely worthless now.


18 posted on 12/13/2017 10:45:14 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: 11th_VA

Heard that as well. But I’m guessing McConnell went further to facilitate a Democrat victory.

McConnell is far more than the hapless idiot decimating our chance for survival.


19 posted on 12/13/2017 10:46:40 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: dowcaet

Yes. That doesn’t mean I want a Democrat.


20 posted on 12/13/2017 10:47:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
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