President Donald Trump took a big step on Monday past simply denigrating the Democrat candidate in Alabama’s special senate election and offered up a full endorsement of embattled Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017
Unsurprisingly, Trump’s endorsement of Moore — who stands accused of unproven allegations of sexual misconduct several decades ago — sent heads spinning among the liberal media, Democrats and elitist establishment Republicans.
One of those establishment figures who couldn’t fathom Trump’s choice of the conservative Moore over the liberal Doug Jones was failed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who took to Twitter to express his disdain for the move.
Roy Moore in the US Senate would be a stain on the GOP and on the nation. Leigh Corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. No vote, no majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) December 4, 2017
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“Roy Moore in the US Senate would be a stain on the GOP and on the nation,” tweeted Romney. “Leigh Corfman and other victims are courageous heroes. No vote, no majority is worth losing our honor, our integrity.”
The Hill noted that this isn’t the first time Romney has leveled criticism at Moore, having previously called him unfit to hold office and demanded he withdraw from the race on the basis of mere allegations of wrongdoing alone.
But Moore would have none of it, and took to Twitter to fire back at his holier-than-thou critic, according to TheBlaze.
“Either @MittRomney has lost his courage or he doesn’t care about truth anymore. Sad day! America’s reawakening was led by @realDonaldTrump, not you Mitt. #DefeatTheElite #DrainTheSwamp”
Either @MittRomney has lost his courage or he doesn’t care about truth anymore. Sad day!
America’s reawakening was led by @realDonaldTrump, not you Mitt.#DefeatTheElite #DrainTheSwamp
— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) December 4, 2017
It would seem quite apparent that Moore has zero intentions of dropping out of the race, despite the incredible pressure against him from multiple sides to do so.
Instead, Moore has pushed back hard against the accusations against him, and his lawyers and supporters have poked enough holes in his accusers’ stories to render virtually the entire host of them discredited, to some extent or another.
In fact, even after he was temporarily abandoned by his own party and faced an onslaught of vicious attacks — even from his own side — Moore has regained ground initially lost in the polls after the allegations were put forth a month ago, and appears poised to win on Dec. 12. (The latest poll by reported by AL.com Wednesday morning showed Moore head by 7 points.)
As for Romney, it was the dismal failure of a race he ran against former President Barack Obama in 2012 that will go down in history as “a stain on the GOP and on the nation.”
Mitt Romney had his day in the national limelight and was rejected by the American people. He’s said to be considering his own Senate run in Utah. Maybe he should concentrate on his own battles for a while.
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