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What views would be unacceptable?
AARON RUPAR
SEP 27, 2017, 9:02 AM
In the hours after news broke that Roy Moore defeated Luther Strange in Tuesdays Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Alabama seat formerly held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, President Trump and Vice President Pence both quickly embraced Moore an extremist candidate who has said 9/11 was punishment for the U.S. turning away from God, homosexuality should be illegal, and has pushed the racist conspiracy theory that President Obama is a Muslim.
On Tuesday night, Trump deleted tweets in which he endorsed Moores primary opponent, Luther Strange, including a false one in which the president claimed his endorsement was causing Strange to surge in the polls.
Trumps decision to delete the tweets was unusual he never deleted the tweets falsely claiming Obamas birth certificate was a fraud.
Despite making antipathy to the Republican establishment a centerpiece of his campaign, Moore was even embraced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday night. In a statement, McConnell, who was first elected to the Senate more than 30 years ago, claimed he shares Moores frustration about the workings of Washington DC.
I would like to congratulate Roy Moore on his victory in Alabama tonight, McConnell said. He ran a spirited campaign centered around a dissatisfaction with the progress made in Washington. I share that frustration and believe that enacting the agenda the American people voted for last November requires us all to work together.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-and-pence-quickly-embrace-roy-moore-who-thinks-homosexuality-should-be-a-crime-4f1c4da0ea59/
And this right wing piece of sh*t is a right wing cowboy hat wearing piece of sh*t racists f*cker
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SamKnause
(13,043 posts)It always has been.
That will never change.
Me.
(35,454 posts)He just didn't say so
Johonny
(20,684 posts)and isn't that in and of itself a sign of how weak this country is? This man's not fit for government and he's very likely to be in the senate.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)They believe the same things Moore does, especially Pence. As for McConnell, he's beginning to sound like one of those robocalls.
Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)Attacks on the GLBT have never stopped, they just aren't deemed as important, and don't make top billing.