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McConnell vows to 'vigorously' oppose Moore's Senate bid
The Hill ^ | - 06/20/19 04:06 PM EDT | JORDAIN CARNEY

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 ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2020; alabama; boo; douchejones; dougjones; getoffthestage; goaway; lurkinanloomin; mashood; mcconell; mitchmcconnell; nomoore; nomooremoore; nomoremoore; roymoore; someonelse; trolls; trump; turtlepower
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To: spacejunkie2001

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.


61 posted on 06/20/2019 5:44:48 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: conservative98

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!!


62 posted on 06/20/2019 5:46:14 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ( "Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves”)
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To: spacejunkie2001

.... he fought practically single handedly to get the 10 commandments back in the courthouse.

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.


63 posted on 06/20/2019 5:47:31 PM PDT by boycott
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To: conservative98

Roy is the only way the Democrat wins.


64 posted on 06/20/2019 5:48:23 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: Democrats hate too much

This has nothing to do with fake news, he is a terrible candidate and too old.


65 posted on 06/20/2019 5:48:55 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Trump is against him as well. He has no business trying to run again.


66 posted on 06/20/2019 5:49:31 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: conservative98

Me too. I hope they find a way to force Moore out for good. What an arsehole he is.


67 posted on 06/20/2019 5:49:41 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Nor by reelecting Democrats in Red States! Bad candidates like Moore allow that to happen.


68 posted on 06/20/2019 5:51:05 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: fortheDeclaration

I tend to ignore Trump’s endorsements after he endorsed McCain and Romney.


69 posted on 06/20/2019 5:51:30 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: LibertyWoman

Fake News. Roy Moore never said he cant recall.


70 posted on 06/20/2019 5:56:11 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: conservative98

Moore needs to retire into the sunset. Who would possibly donate to this ass?


71 posted on 06/20/2019 5:58:07 PM PDT by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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To: Democrats hate too much

LOL-I guess we’re going to find out who is more vigorous.
It tickles me this principled rebellion against the NWO


72 posted on 06/20/2019 5:58:54 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: napscoordinator

Some posters are more interested in splitting the Republican party and Conservative movement that in defeating the Left.


73 posted on 06/20/2019 5:59:31 PM PDT by Oklahoma
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To: Democrats hate too much

I heard the interview


74 posted on 06/20/2019 6:00:22 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: Democrats hate too much

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.”


75 posted on 06/20/2019 6:00:55 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

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


76 posted on 06/20/2019 6:02:14 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: conservative98

*“the permission of her mother.”


77 posted on 06/20/2019 6:02:29 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Alberta's Child

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!


78 posted on 06/20/2019 6:05:24 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: mrsmith

This could get interesting they will have to hire more lying women.
This cowboy is ready for another rodeo...LOL!


79 posted on 06/20/2019 6:09:43 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: Democrats hate too much

The Hill is all over AOL. The so called reports are TRASH.


80 posted on 06/20/2019 6:12:28 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and AFGE union insurance..)
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