The Republican Party has a huge problem on their hands — and his name is Roy Moore, who is very likely to be elected to the US Senate from Alabama on December 12th.
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In case you’ve been living under a rock, Roy Moore is a “Family Values” Christian conservative Republican from Alabama, who says yes to marriage between a man and a woman, but no to homosexuality. He has a squeaky clean record except for 1 tiny little vice: he (allegedly) has an affinity for 14-year-old girls.
Yes, 4 adult women have come forward with claims that Roy Moore sexually assaulted them while they were minors and under the age of 18. The 1st woman said the then 32-year-old Moore initiated sexual contact with her when she was only an 8th grader. Former co-workers and those who know him well say it’s common knowledge in Alabama that Roy Moore has always enjoyed the company of high school (or younger) girls. Now, a 5th woman has since come forward with yet another claim against the GOP candidate.
On Monday, Beverly Young Nelson accused Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 15.
“Mr. Moore attacked me when I was a child,” Nelson said during a news conference. She went on to describe that Moore was a regular customer at a restaurant where she worked as a waitress, and the time he attempted to force her to perform a sex act inside a parked car. According to Nelson, the incident left her with severe bruising on her neck.
In what may have been the most damning bit of evidence against Moore since the testimony of 5 different women, Nelson then produced her 1977 high school yearbook which included this lovely little inscription from Mr. Family Values: “To a sweeter more beautiful girl I could not say ‘Merry Christmas’ Christmas 1977 Roy Moore, D.A. 12-22-77 Olde Hickory.”
Despite multiple claims against Moore from 5 different women who don’t know each other, Alabama Republicans have made the odd choice to stand behind their accused pedophile running for Senate.
“It was 40 years ago,” Alabama Marion County GOP chair David Hall said. “I really don’t see the relevance of it. He was 32. She was supposedly 14. But we’re talking something that somebody SAID happened, 40 years ago. It wouldn’t affect whether or not I’d vote for him.”
Alabama Mobile County GOP chairman John Skipper had this to say: “It does not really surprise me. I think it is a typical Democratic – Democrat – ploy to discredit Judge Moore, a sincere, honest, trustworthy individual.”
Alabama Geneva County GOP chairman Riley Seibenhener also chimed in: “Other than being with an underage person – he didn’t really force himself. I know that’s bad enough, but I don’t know. If he withdraws, it’s five weeks to the election…that would concede it to the Democrat.”
However, it was Alabama state auditor Jim Ziegler who provided the wildest defense of Moore yet.
“Take Joseph and Mary,” he said. “Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.”
HUH?????
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Yes, rather than cede the race to the qualified Democratic candidate, Alabamians would rather send an accused pedophile to represent them in Washington, effectively putting the love of party over the knowledge of right versus wrong.
Recognizing how damaging Moore’s rise to the Senate would be for the national GOP, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a host of Republicans on Capitol Hill are doing everything in their power to stop Roy Moore from ever entering the city limits.
“I believe the women, yes,” McConnell told reporters on Monday. “I think he should step aside.”
The person who should step aside is @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell. He has failed conservatives and must be replaced. #DrainTheSwamp
— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 13, 2017
However, Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, who runs GOP campaigns for the Senate, took matters a step further.
“If (Moore) refuses to withdraw and wins, the Senate should vote to expel him, because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate,” he said.
An additional 20 prominent Republicans, including Sen. John McCain, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sen. Susan Collins, and former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney have all come forward calling for Moore to stand down and simply go away.
So far, it looks as if Roy Moore isn’t going anywhere. With support from the pedophile-backing residents of Alabama who want their man in the US Senate no matter what and a prominent sex offender sitting in the Oval Office, a huge GOP civil war seems imminent.
Stay tuned…
Jim Ziegler: “Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.” And THAT about says it all when it comes to christiaNIST beliefs doesn’t it? For some, like Ziegler, their defense of Moore is that Jesus Christ, the Son OF GOD, was actually just the son of Joseph, conceived thru human sexual intercourse between Mary and Joseph…NOT thru the Holy Spirit!?! While others say “Well even if the allegations are true I’d rather vote for Roy {a child molester} than a Democrat.” They, like their cretin of a president, make me sick To.My.Stomach. But at least the Truth about that despicable lot is finally being revealed. They are confirming for me, what I’ve always known. So-called “christian Conservatism” has NOTHING to do with the True gospel of Christ. It’s a dangerous mix of right-wing CULTURAL POLITICS and right-wing christiaNIST fanaticism,… Read more »