That is true.
He handled it terribly when he was interviewed by Hannity. Had he done better right then he could have ridden it out. He could also have campaigned harder. He didn’t even campaign the last weekend.
Roy Moore was put into a no-win situation by Hannity. Roy Moore did in fact date teenagers when he was in his 30s, but the way the accusations were framed, admitting that he dated teenagers was tantamount to admitting the other accusation was also true; that he molested a 14 year old.
Hannity approached the interview by hammering on the dating of teenagers instead of hammering on whether or not he ever had contact with this particular girl. A 30 year old man dating teenagers might be regarded by a lot of people in different social settings as "icky", but it isn't where the questioning should have been focused. Unfortunately Hannity framed the premise exactly the way that Washington Post kook presented it; Dating Teenagers was bundled together with child molestation as a single package.
Moore should have simply admitted to dating teenagers, and strenuously denied having anything to do with that particular girl. (Leigh Corfman)
I think he didn't expect the line of inquiry he received.
He could also have campaigned harder. He didn’t even campaign the last weekend.
Campaigning harder wouldn't have helped him. Everyone knew who he was, knew what he believed, and continuing to show up at events would have only given troublemakers more time to heckle him and bring up the accusations.
What stopped the voters coming out for him was people like Shelby and the media attack weapon.