It was the accusations, which so many of our side simply accepted at face value and repeated endlessly, that cost this election. I saw the “write in” vote was something like 22,000, which was the exact margin of victory.
People like Shelby urging people to not vote for Moore was the cause of this “write in” vote. People like Jeff Flake writing a very public check to Doug Jones lent credibility to the accusations.
There was no “fight harder.” Moore simply did not have any tools with which he could redeem himself in the eyes of a lot of people who had been misled by what the media told them, and by what other Republicans constantly repeated and amplified.
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The left and media didn’t cost Moore the election it was the GOP establishment publicly condemning him and pulling money...period.
Shelby was the nail in Moore’s coffin. The write-in vote was crazy HUGE..and was encouraged by the GOP.
The "write in" vote was the margin of victory, and it was deliberately thrown away by the urgings of people like Shelby and others.
May they suffer humiliation and loss for the disaster they have foisted upon our nation with their "virtue signaling."
Yep, Senator Shelby (R - Alabama) hurt Moore badly. His was the fatal cut.