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 ...
Moore has few fans here because he was a terrible candidate and lost an election in one of the most heavily Republican states in the U.S.
I am with Cocaine Mitch on this!!
Mitch needs to strap on his bad@ss and run off Creepy Moore, end of story.
Moore lost once and he’ll lose again, enough is enough!!
.... he fought practically single handedly to get the 10 commandments back in the courthouse.
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It was not his courthouse to place a 5000 lb monument in the middle of. Should every state employee be allowed to bring their own monuments?
He has been removed from office twice because of his grandstanding. I supported him early on in his career but, like most in Alabama, I got my fill of it.
There are other conservatives that have a much better chance to win.
And I would rather not have the national media make Roy Moore the spokesperson for the republican party. They would love it and it would bury the the republican party.
Roy is the only way the Democrat wins.
This has nothing to do with fake news, he is a terrible candidate and too old.
Trump is against him as well. He has no business trying to run again.
Me too. I hope they find a way to force Moore out for good. What an arsehole he is.
Nor by reelecting Democrats in Red States! Bad candidates like Moore allow that to happen.
I tend to ignore Trump’s endorsements after he endorsed McCain and Romney.
Fake News. Roy Moore never said he cant recall.
Moore needs to retire into the sunset. Who would possibly donate to this ass?
LOL-I guess we’re going to find out who is more vigorous.
It tickles me this principled rebellion against the NWO
Some posters are more interested in splitting the Republican party and Conservative movement that in defeating the Left.
I heard the interview
He said “don’t remember.”
He also said he didn’t “generally” date teenage girls.
But he always got “the mother’s permission of her mother.”
I’m ready to fall in love with Trump all over again
-DEPORT “MILLIONS” OF ILLEGALS
-Classify CAIR as terror org
- Stop the continued Islamic penetration via refugee resettlement
-Build the Wall
*“the permission of her mother.”
But did ya see him in a cowboy hat and riding a horse!!?!?
That’s all that matters!! /s
Can you just imagine when the Dems rerun the same crap against him? All of Roy’s boyfriends are just going to whine and moan about the media all the way to another loss!
This could get interesting they will have to hire more lying women.
This cowboy is ready for another rodeo...LOL!
The Hill is all over AOL. The so called reports are TRASH.
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