Senior Alabama GOP Senator urges voters to reject Roy Moore

[laserhaas]

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Source: Think Progress

Alabama’s senior senator, Republican Richard Shelby, went on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday to urge his constituents to join him in voting against GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore in Tuesday’s special election for the state’s other seat.

“I didn’t vote for Roy Moore. But I wrote in a distinguished Republican name. And I think a lot of people could that,” Shelby told host Jake Tapper.

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Shelby explained that he could not vote for his party’s nominee due to the wide array of credible accusations against Moore of child sexual assault and other sexual misconduct.

“There’s a time, we call it a tipping point, and I think so many accusations, so many cuts, so many drip, drip, drip, when it got to the 14-year-old story, that was enough for me. I said, I can’t vote for Roy Moore.”

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/richard-shelby-against-roy-moore-36477ec57d3c/

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[laserhaas]

1. WOW

It's really bad when a Republican like Shelby, rejects a GOP

[Irish_Dem]

2. They don't care about morality, they must think Moore is going to hurt the party. nt

[Fred Sanders]

3. Maybe Franken has broken the Damn of Hypocrisy? Even facing the wrath of Fox is no match

for Pastors writing open letters like this:

"Christianity thrives in religious freedom from government interference, and a government impartial toward people of all faith traditions. But instead he has sought to entangle government with religion. He has preached vehemently against Islamic religious law but he has sought government affirmation of his religious extremism and nationalism. He has claimed civil rights only apply to Christians."

[DonViejo]

4. Locking....

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