For argument’s sake, let’s say I agree that the 14 yo story is a lie. I’m not sure that I do, but set that aside for a moment.
If he dated teenagers that were above the age of consent at the time, that needs to be the central argument of his whole defense. He can say it was a different time then, but that he broke zero laws and he never forced himself in anyone. Period. That is not a hard answer to give, but it probably would have saved his candidacy. Now the seat is lost for 3 years, and chances are there will be times when that loss looms large.
This is big league politics, and the way the left has challenged every single special election seat like it was the super bowl should have told him they’d be gunning for him. And, the fact that the Compost blew a gaping hole in his campaign and that he didn’t have the wherewithal to realize Hannity was giving him a chance to clear himself of these charges and to give that disastrous of an interview tells me he had no business running for the Senate. Hannity probably even expressly told him ahead of time that he was going to let him set this story straight, and he still blew it.
Roy may be a good man, but he’s a horrendous politician. The country is hanging by a thread, and the communists are furious and on the march. This is serious business. We need politician who can get strikeouts - not give up cloud scraping home runs.
“We need politician who can get strikeouts - not give up cloud scraping home runs.”
You are unfortunately right about this. Not everyone is cut out to be a politician. And conservatives are going to have to be on top of their game, because they’re going to be attacked relentlessly.