Alabama Republican Senate hopeful Roy Moore believes America’s ills would be cured by turning back the clock.
In recent remarks, the twice-removed Alabama judge and accused serial sexual predator called for a return to the “moral basis” of the 1960s and 1970s, when women and sexual minorities lacked reproductive rights, healthcare was less available, black and other nonwhite Americans were forced to fight for basic protections, and LGBTQ people were criminalized.
According to an excerpt published Monday by the Alabama Political Reporter, Moore recently told a Republican me
The following article by Edward-Isaac Dovere was posted on the Politico website February 9, 2018:
The president has consistently responded to the allegations of assault or abuse against women by expressing sympathy for the men being accused. ‘Is there no such thing’ as due process? he tweeted Saturday
In a moment when “believe the women” has become a rallying cry, a new mentality for the country, President Donald Trump does not. | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
For President Donald Trump, the allegations that his now-former staff secretary was a serial domestic abuser are another #HimToo moment.
Never mind the FBI background check that found the allegations and restraining order credible enough to delay Rob Porter’s security clearance, or the close-up photos of the black eye Porter’s ex-wife says he gave her on vacation in Italy.
To the president, sitting in the Oval Office on Friday, the victim here seems to be Porter.
“It was very sad when we heard about it, and certainly he’s also very sad now,” Trump told reporters. “He also, as you probably know, says he’s innocent, and I think you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that he’s innocent, so you have to talk to him about that.” Continue reading “Trump believes the men”
The following article by Brett Samuels was posted on the Hill website December 24, 2017:
Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Sunday said the crowds at rallies for President Trump and other Republicans reflect “spasms of a dying party,” adding that the GOP will have to formulate a governing agenda to reach more voters.
The following article by Laurie Goodstein was posted on the New York Times website December 14, 2017:
Some evangelicals have expressed concern about their movement being publicly associated with politicians like Roy Moore who have been dogged by scandal. Credit Kevin D. Liles for The New York Times
The editor in chief of Christianity Today did not have to wait for the votes to be counted to publish his essay on Tuesday bemoaning what the Alabama Senate race had wrought.
Whoever wins, “there is already one loser: Christian faith,” wrote Mark Galli, whose publication, the flagship of American evangelicalism, was founded 61 years ago by the Rev. Billy Graham. “No one will believe a word we say, perhaps for a generation. Christianity’s integrity is severely tarnished.”
The sight of white evangelical voters in Alabama giving their overwhelming support to Roy S. Moore, the Republican candidate, despite accusations of racial and religious bigotry, misogyny and assaults on teenage girls, has deeply troubled many conservative Christians, who fear that association with the likes of Mr. Moore is giving their faith a bad name. The angst has grown so deep, Mr. Galli said, that he knows of “many card-carrying evangelicals” who are ready to disavow the label.
The evangelical brand “is definitely tarnished” by politicization from whatever side, Mr. Galli said on Wednesday. “No question about it.”
He said that his readers seemed to agree with the thrust of his essay. The main criticism he received, he said, was one he agreed with: that he should have made it clearer that he was referring not to all Christians, but to evangelicals in particular.
The bloc that has marched under the banner of the “Moral Majority” and “values voters” has now been tagged as the most reliable base of support for both Mr. Moore and President Trump, two politicians who are known for fanning racial and religious prejudices and who stand accused of sexual harassment by numerous women — accusations that each man denies. White evangelicals across the country delivered 81 percent of their votes to Mr. Trump last year, according to exit poll data, and backed Mr. Moore in Alabama by the same proportion on Tuesday.
The following article by Allison Michaels was posted on the Washington Post website December 13, 2017:
“This is something that’s really going to define Alabama for the future. Not just for the people but for all the aftereffects that we’re going to have on what the people view as what’s politically correct and what’s not.” — Zach Parrish of Alabama, 20, Democrat
Last night, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s competitive — and at times bitter — election, and is now set to become the state’s next U.S. senator. In the days leading up to the special election in Alabama, Washington Post political reporter Robert Costa spoke to voters in the deep-red state as they decided between the Democrat and a Republican, Roy Moore, who has faced allegations of sexual misconduct with minors.
Jones’s win has sizable consequences for the rest of the country, for the legislative agenda in Congress, for the state of divisive politics and party loyalty and even for the president of the United States.
On the 50th episode of “Can He Do That?,” a podcast that explores the powers and limitations of the American presidency, we dive into Costa’s reporting in Alabama and cover what happens next now that Alabama has elected a Democrat to the Senate.
The following article by Dan Balz was posted on the Washington Post website December 12, 2017:
Stephen K. Bannon went all in on Alabama’s Roy Moore and lost. The Fix’s Callum Borchers breaks down what the defeat could mean for his sway on President Trump. (Video: Jenny Starrs/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Tuesday’s special U.S. Senate election in Alabama was never destined to bring good news for the Republican Party, no matter the outcome. But the stunning victory by Democrat Doug Jones was a devastating blow to a party wracked by divisions and intraparty rivalries and a humiliating defeat for President Trump.
For some Republicans, the fact that the controversial and flawed Roy Moore will not be their new senator from Alabama came with some measure of relief. But the consequences of that outcome will reverberate over the coming months in one legislative battle after another. An already razor-thin margin in the Senate becomes even more tenuous for the party in power. Continue reading “In Alabama, a lousy night for Republicans and a resounding defeat for Trump”
The following article by Nathan L. Gonzales was posted on the Roll Call website December 13, 2017:
Supporters of Democrat Doug Jones celebrate his victory over Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate special election Tuesday night in Birmingham, Ala. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
One of the best parts about covering elections is that there is always a result. After all the prognosticating, projecting, discussing and arguing, there’s a winner. But determining the true meaning of victory and loss can be difficult.
There will be plenty of time to analyze the Alabama Senate special election (at least until the next special election on March 13 in Pennsylvania’s 18th District), but here are some initial postelection thoughts:
This was a historic victory for Doug Jones. Of course, Roy Moore had some unparalleled flaws as a candidate, but Jones overcame a 20-point deficit in partisan performance to win. The last Democrat to win a Senate race in Alabama was Sen. Richard C. Shelby in 1992, and he’s now the state’s senior senator as a Republican. Tonight’s upset will be talked about for years to come. Continue reading “10 Thoughts After the Alabama Senate Election”
The following article by Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker was posted on the Washington Post website December 13, 2017:
Democrat Doug Jones on Dec. 12 defeated Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s U.S. Senate special election. Here were the reactions. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)
President Trump lost in Alabama on Tuesday. Again.
This time, Trump threw his support behind Roy Moore, a polarizing, wounded Republican accused of dating and making sexual advances on teenagers — and found himself presiding over a stunning repudiation of Republicans in the Deep South that could have wide reverberations for his agenda and the party he leads. Continue reading “Heeding Bannon in Alabama election, Trump gambles and loses”
The following article by Marie Solis of Newsweek was posted on the National Memo website December 12, 2017:
Credit: SUSAN WALSH/AP
President Donald Trump endorsed Roy Moore partly out of resentment against top advisers who condemned the candidate—including his daughter Ivanka Trump.
The following article by Eli Rosenberg was posted on the Washington Post website December 11, 2017:
Nathan Mathis holds a picture of his daughter outside a Roy Moore rally in Midland City, AL. Credit: @VaughnHillyard/Twitter
Perhaps it was the man’s strong but plain-spoken rebuke outside a Roy Moore rally on the campaign’s final night, condemning the Republican candidate’s past comments lambasting homosexuality.
Perhaps it was the admission of the man, a peanut farmer, that he too, had harbored some of the same anti-gay feelings.
Alabama Republican Senate hopeful Roy Moore believes America’s ills would be cured by turning back the clock.
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