I don't dispute that, but a guy who burned so many bridges with the Republican Party in Alabama has no business complaining when they actively work to undermine his campaign. If Moore was an abrasive jerk during his political career, then he should sleep in the bed he made.
From what I have been hearing from various Alabamians, there is a lot of rot in the party that needed to be challenged. Moore strikes me as being a true believer "religious nut" who would not bargain or compromise, and as such this makes him anathema to those who want to compromise. I think we need fewer compromisers, and more absolutists.
If Moore was an abrasive jerk during his political career, then he should sleep in the bed he made.
I think "abrasive jerk" is less problematic than "liberal Democrat". I also think people should not urge other people to vote against someone in their own party on the basis of unproven and likely unprovable allegations from a Democrat hit team.
I think the party establishment types did not give a rat's @$$ about the actual accusations, and only saw them as a means to stop someone they didn't want anyways because he wouldn't compromise.