Posted on 11/10/2017 12:25:15 PM PST by Kevin C
The Senate campaign arm of the Republican Party on Friday severed ties with Roy Moore, one day after the Washington Post reported that Moore had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and pursued inappropriate relationships with several other teenagers while he was a district attorney in his 30s.
As the Daily Beast first reported, a joint fundraising committee supporting Moore’s election bid and the Republican Party filed paperwork Friday morning dropping the National Republican Senatorial Committee from its list of beneficiaries. The Alabama Republican Party and the Republican National Committee remain linked to the campaign.
Moore has strongly denied the allegations, calling them a “the very definition of fake news and intentional defamation.”
After supporting incumbent Luther Strange in the Sept. 26 special primary, the NRSC initially threw its weight behind Moore in the general election against Democrat Doug Jones.
“Our focus is always on keeping a strong Republican majority in the Senate, and that includes Alabama,” NRSC chairman Cory Gardner said in a statement at the time. “Roy Moore will be imperative to passing a conservative agenda, and we support him in keeping this seat in Republican hands.”
But Gardner changed his tune after the allegations against Moore became public, saying he should drop out of the election if they proved true. The committee’s decision to sever ties indicates they’ve heard enough to withdraw their support.
Alabama Republicans, meanwhile, have closed ranks around their candidate, with many claiming the allegations were a Democratic conspiracy, others diminishing their significance, and some even saying they’d still support Moore even if the allegations of sexual abuse were true.
“I would vote for Judge Moore because I wouldn’t want to vote for Doug,” Bibb County chairman Jerry Pow told Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star. “I’m not saying I support what he did.”
As my wonderful son (ConservaTeen) said: He wouldn’t let Mitch lead a 2 person parade. Heck, ConservaTeen could lead the Senate better than Mitch.
Hopefully this official announcement by anti-American crowd helps seal Moore’s victory.
Uncanny how the media pick and choose what to investigate. The WP invested a lot of time investigating accounts 40 years ago. Yet Hillary Clinton still has Uranium residue on her pants suits.
You’re still wrong on this.
This is good for Bannon. Now he will come in with hard hitting Conservatives and bring out the vote on election day.
I learned something from this. Senators don’t give two craps who runs the Senate. All they care about is themselves staying in office because it’s a job with the best perks in the world.
yup
They were just looking for an excuse even now that it definitely seems like a false accusation.
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HA HA!! That's rich.
We know EXACTLY where this plot was crafted!!
Betcha Trump knew about this. That’s why he couldn’t endorse Moore and said it would be very hard for him to win. Trump always knows. Now we might not even get the wall.
Never give any money to the party — ever. Give to the candidate only.They spent millions to defeat Moore for that rino. Choke them out!!
This inflames me. I stopped giving to the party years ago. Only donate to individual candidates you can still trust.
Scumbag hypocrites
They don’t support the president either.
please please SOME WOMAN somewhere accuse McCain of something! Heck I dont care if it was 50 years ago! take that B down!
McConnell piling on quick before it all blows away.
Ditto that.
The gop-e morons despise Free - America and Free Americans . They continue to be traitors to their electorate .
McCain and Romney are birds of a feather and their statements flat out calling on Roy Moore to leave the race leave no doubt in my mind that the Republican insiders are in on it.
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