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McConnell vows to 'vigorously' oppose Moore's Senate bid
The Hill ^ | - 06/20/19 04:06 PM EDT | JORDAIN CARNEY

Posted on 06/20/2019 4:47:02 PM PDT by conservative98

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled on Thursday that he and his allies will actively work to oppose Roy Moore's bid for Alabama's Senate seat after the conservative firebrand announced he was jumping into the race.

"We'll be opposing Roy Moore vigorously," McConnell told reporters after returning to the Capitol after a White House briefing on Iran.

McConnell's comments come after he warned, during an interview with the Associated Press shortly before Moore announced his bid, that he would "oppose him in every way."

Moore announced on Thursday afternoon that he would launch a bid for Alabama's Senate seat after previously winning the party's nomination in 2017, only to lose to now-Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) in a contentious special election.

His candidacy is a national nightmare for Republicans. They blame him for losing what they view as a safe GOP seat in a deeply red state that President Trump won easily in 2016.

Moore lost the race after facing multiple accusations of pursuing sexual and romantic relationships with teenage girls decades ago when he was in his 30s; he has denied any wrongdoing.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2020; alabama; boo; douchejones; dougjones; getoffthestage; goaway; lurkinanloomin; mashood; mcconell; mitchmcconnell; nomoore; nomooremoore; nomoremoore; roymoore; someonelse; trolls; trump; turtlepower
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1 posted on 06/20/2019 4:47:02 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Sorry to the Roy Moore fanbois out there. I’m with Trump and McConnell on this.


2 posted on 06/20/2019 4:47:32 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The Hill... oh no.


3 posted on 06/20/2019 4:47:32 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: conservative98

Give them hell Roy!


4 posted on 06/20/2019 4:47:52 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: conservative98

The stories against Roy are Fake News. Don’t let Fake News win.


5 posted on 06/20/2019 4:48:35 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: conservative98

If McConnell doesn’t like him, then we need him to win.


6 posted on 06/20/2019 4:49:54 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: conservative98

Me too...


7 posted on 06/20/2019 4:50:13 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: Democrats hate too much

His interview on Hannity where he couldn’t answer simple questions wasn’t fake.


8 posted on 06/20/2019 4:50:16 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: rrrod

Republicans cannot allow themselves to again lose the Senate seat in the Great State of Alabama. This time it will be for Six Years, not just Two. I have NOTHING against Roy Moore, and unlike many other Republican leaders, wanted him to win. But he didn’t, and probably won’t.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2019


9 posted on 06/20/2019 4:50:48 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The Bush League Republicans always vigorously oppose anyone who would side with the citizens and the rule of law.


10 posted on 06/20/2019 4:51:16 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

Im with Trump on this too....But F the TURDle, he’s the fag that set up and cost Moore the election last time.


11 posted on 06/20/2019 4:51:30 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: conservative98

That didn’t take long. I don’t want Moore to be the nominee either but it is not McConnell’s and the Chamber of Commerce’s job to dictate who the nominee will be.


12 posted on 06/20/2019 4:51:38 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: conservative98
Moore is damaged goods. He had his chance and blew it. Yes the deck was stacked against him. He's a good guy, but he's wrong guy now.
 
13 posted on 06/20/2019 4:51:44 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
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To: conservative98

President Trump also endorsed McCain and Romney, how did that work out?


14 posted on 06/20/2019 4:52:11 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: conservative98

In before all the GOPe establishment journalist at The Hill fake freerepublic accounts trash Roy Moore with there stupid Fake News.


15 posted on 06/20/2019 4:52:19 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: conservative98

If Moore wins the primary, jumping over any other opponents that McConnell *or* Trump put up, Moore has my full support. Don’t want to go the route of “Cutting off the nose to spite the face” with this. There is a larger war going on, towering over this skirmish.


16 posted on 06/20/2019 4:52:41 PM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: conservative98

Mitch is a horse’s butt.

Trump and Roy have had to fight the liberals in their own party, and all the others.

Mitch can’t let someone who is conservative win.


17 posted on 06/20/2019 4:52:56 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

After they were a lock.


18 posted on 06/20/2019 4:53:11 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I’m with Trump and McConnell on this.

Likewise. And I will be voting in Alabama.


19 posted on 06/20/2019 4:53:38 PM PDT by boycott
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To: conservative98

Cocaine Mitch should tend to his knitting.


20 posted on 06/20/2019 4:54:14 PM PDT by ptsal
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