Posted on 11/09/2017 3:18:53 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
White House aide Kellyanne Conway said Thursday that allegations against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore made in the Washington Post “would be disqualifying for anyone in public office.”
“We need to listen to both sides, but at the same time, that hypothetical would be disqualifying for anyone in public office,” Conway said, in a clip aired on MSNBC.
The Post reported the stories of four women who said Moore pursued relationships with them as a grown man when they were teenagers. In one case, a 32-year-old Moore took then-14-year-old Leigh Corfman to his house, undressing her before initiating sexual contact.
“She remembers that Moore kissed her, that he took off her pants and shirt, and that he touched her through her bra and underpants. She says that he guided her hand to his underwear and that she yanked her hand back,” the Post reported.
The White House’s director of legislative affairs, Marc Short, said on CNN later Thursday that “there’s no path forward” for Moore if the Post’s reporting is accurate.
“That’s a big ‘If’ clause, Wolf, it certainly is, but yes,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
But, pressed on how Alabama voters should determine the veracity of the allegations — which the Post reported after interviews with more than 30 sources — Short had few specific ideas.
“I think that the voters of Alabama deserve to know the truth and I think the voters of Alabama will demand more information, more facts to figure this out,” he said.
Some GOP leaders have called on Moore to drop out of the race to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former Senate seat — still, other Alabama officials have dismissed the Post’s reporting and defended Moore.
Given the suspicious timing, voters should ignore the claims as baseless and fabricated, and Moore should treat this as an opportunity to run against the entire swamp.
And the ones that need to go away the most are the GOP pearl-clutchers.
Trump better not throw Moore under the bus, or I throw Trump under the bus.
Then why didn't this allegation come out during the primary?
This is a DC swamp in fear.
McCain and McConnell are both brain dead zombies. If Moore drops out now, he admits guilt. The stupid party strikes again. They just want him to lose, apparently.
Yeah , and Trump was a gonner after the Acsess Holllywood video . This smells of GOPe . I’m not buying this . I think he’ll stand strong , at least I hope so .
The long knives are out. The RINOS are essentially calling Moore a pedophile....girl 14 years old.-?
Your tribute to Uncle Joe the Perv are nice, but you know something? Biden isn’t running for the US Senate.
Because they thought Strange would win. If he would have it didn’t need to come out.
Do you think the democrats would not bring it up? Of course they would.
Maybe this is why Trump said whoever wins the primary needs to be able to win the election.
Tennessee’s laws won’t be applicable in the state of Alabama.
That’s not what the Moore camp says;
“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,” read a statement from Moore’s campaign, calling the story a “last ditch Hail Mary” by liberal organizations backing his Democratic opponent, Doug Jones.”
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/roy_moores_full_statement_of_t.html
Obvious Soros Clarence Thomas, Herman Cain routine.
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Agree!
Apparently the girl admits to using drugs and alcohol way back then. Someone should check her record and see if she was arrested. (Records hidden probably)
See post 70. Moore statement blames the democrats for the dirt.
I’m sure McConJob has made sure all of her records have been scrubbed.
Yes and if you molested your ten year old sister as rumored you shouldn’t be allowed on this board.
See how that works? Not nice is it. I thought this was America where you are innocent until proven guilty.
That is exactly what I said when I heard this. It was the first thing that came to mind. This man has been so hated and controversial for the past 20 or 30 years that surely this would have come out during the 10 Commandments fight.
Hard to tell where the lies stop and the truth begins. Bill Clinton served unflinchingly as president after his serial ordeals of rape and sex with a subordinate young girl in the White House, yet he is eulogized by demrats and dignitaries around the world.
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Kellyanne Conway should resign!
This foolish blab is disqualifying for any White House bumpkin bimbo.
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Had a thought. Could it be that Pres. Trump’s people knew this accusation was out there and that is why he went so big for Luther Strange.?
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You’re spineless!
The “alegations” are clearly false; just a weak Anita Hill re-do.
Why would Alabama risk losing a prize like Moore?
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