Republican Roy Moore refuses to concede in Alabama Senate race, telling supporters, Its not over

[Le Gaucher]

Source: WaPo

Moore, however, refused to concede the race, speaking to supporters at about 11:34 p.m. Eastern time. He said he thought the race might go to a recount, which state law requires when a race is within 0.5 percentage points. At that point, Jones’ lead was still larger than that.

“When the vote is this close . . . it’s not over,” Moore said.

Then, Moore – who had spent much of his campaign railing against the news media – asked that the press visit the Alabama secretary of state and ask how the recount provision might be triggered in this case – that “the press will go up there and talk to them to find out what the situation is.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/voters-head-to-the-polls-in-contentious-senate-race-in-alabama/2017/12/11/26e36b56-deb7-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tidr=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.08570c3790c2

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Stay tuned..looks like we havent heard last of this pedophile asshole yet

[mbusby]

1. Yeah...

...Just told his supporters to "wait on god...". Which probably means, "wait on the votes to mysteriously disappear...".

[L. Coyote]

25. So, GrOPer Trump isn't god? Trump already tweeted that Roy lost.

Roy, God kicked your delusional pedo ass down the road.

Link to tweet

[C Moon]

43. His staff behind him doesnt look very convinced. :D

They probably all know he's a scum bag child molester, and can't wait to get away from the creep—and move on to another GOP creep.

[janx]

65. I noticed that too!

Just watched the video!

[Dulcinea]

53. Get lost, Roy.

Your own party leaders are probably breathing a sigh of relief, just like the rest of us.

Go away, & take your tacky wife & your horse with you.

[FrodosNewPet]

54. C'mon! Don't blame the horse for the cancer on its back!

Link to tweet

[Dulcinea]

66. I feel sorry for poor Sassy the horse. nt

[RestoreAmerica2020]

55. Thinking same..waiting for the fix to arrive, Moore to

....trumpf "do something!"

[nitpicker]

58. What IS Moore waiting for?

All the absentee ballots to mysteriously all be for him? Or al least enough to move the totals into recount territory?

Claiming the voting in African-American districts was rigged and should be thrown out?

WHAT?

[BigmanPigman]

2. Is he waiting for God to tell him it's final?

[briv1016]

10. No Putin.

[L. Coyote]

26. Waiting for Putin to wake up in Moscow.

[calimary]

12. He sure carried on about how God is here and God is in this and, I suppose he figures,

God will "fix" this.

Um... last time I looked, this was a SECULAR nation founded by folks who'd settled here looking to escape religious persecution.

[fountainofyouth]

3. He's not good at taking no for an answer

Like when he ignores federal court orders

[Scarsdale]

63. Just like the

other pervert, tRump. Neither takes NO for an answer.

[LiberalLovinLug]

4. Hold your breath folks.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/364617-moore-refuses-to-concede-alabama-senate-race

Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) refused to concede the special election Tuesday night after multiple media outlets called the race in favor of his Democratic opponent, Doug Jones.

“At this point, we do not have a final decision on the outcome tonight,” Moore’s campaign chairman Bill Armistead told supporters.


I had a feeling the GOP would have a few tricks to play yet.


I know I know, but a 1.5 point lead. With a Republican stacked court. And a team of deplorable lawyers going through things with a fine tooth comb to find any way they can find a way for a recount. (Its usually only done if there is a less than .5 percent difference).

Thats all they need. Some spurious argument before a Trump judge who will order a recount. Then they'll ramp up the rhetoric and put their hands a little harder down on the scales in many different ways. Sorry, I'm always paranoid these days. I won't exhale until tomorrow if all stays the same.

[CreekDog]

33. they'd have to get rid of 21,000 votes. Not happening.

Getting rid of 14,000 is hard enough, and that would just get them to an automatic recount.

Then they'd have to get rid of 7,000 more.

Nah. If they could or would have done that, they wouldn't have let Jones win in the first place.

[LiberalLovinLug]

46. ah

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[Dulcinea]

68. I'm not so sure.

I get the distinct impression Roy Moore is not popular within his own party, & they're in no hurry to help him. Even Senator Richard Shelby said he wrote someone in rather than vote for Moore. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions wouldn't say whom he voted for at all.

[LittleGirl]

5. Bwahaaaa eom

[C_U_L8R]

6. He rode in on a horse

Now he's out on his ass.

Concede, Roy, and just go away.

[OnlinePoker]

9. And from CNN, the horse's name was "Sassy"

You can't make this shit up.

[L. Coyote]

27. Goodbye Roy.

[iluvtennis]

11. Ditto.. He's just like Trump, doesn't believe that folks would come out against him like they did

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. "Fuck him and the horse he rode in on", as the saying goes. . . . . nt

[Bob Loblaw]

59. Screw him

and the horse he rode in on.

[RDANGELO]

7. They are talking about a recount.

There is no way they are going make up 20,000 votes in a recount.

[mpcamb]

49. They may give it a try.

from THE HILL:

"The Alabama Supreme Court has reportedly stayed a lower court’s order to election officials that would have required the preservation of voting records in Tuesday’s Senate special election.
A circuit judge on Monday ordered election officials to set voting machines to save all digital ballot images, which would preserve voting records in the event of a recount.
Alabama's AL.com said Tuesday morning that the state's Supreme Court had blocked the order."

This was a back-up plan, along with their forever favorite, scrubbing names from the voter rolls.
Problem is, I think, nobody wants to fight very hard for Roy, 'cause it'd be 40 miles of bad road getting him past an ethics committee and seated.
I think they wanted the victory and then Roy Moore out and the governor to make a replacement.

[George II]

8. Hey pedo, it's fucking over, in more ways than one.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. Let's hope he doesn't pursue his lifelong dream of being a crossing guard. nt

[Legends303]

14. I say let these losers have a recount

It will make victory all the more sweeter, when they realize Alabama rejected a pedophile.

[DesertRat]

15. There will be no recount

A recount only happens within .5% but it's 1.7% difference and growing. Moore is finished.

[lunasun]

18. Costs time and money . Keeps the seat republican with who is temporarily in there until settled

Time to shuffle shenanigans which republicans are famous for
No it's over & big boys need to face it

[pangaia]

16. Predictable

I just knew if Doug won, shit would happen.


We all knew it, didn;t we....

[turbinetree]

17. Roy Moore, Donald Trump and the Republican party

[TrogL]

44. My favourite is when he pulls Rocky out of the hat.

[BlueIdaho]

19. Pity math is not his strong suit.

The winning margin looks more like 1.5% - which makes a recount out of the question. Hells bells even Trump is congratulating Doug Jones...


Moore is yesterdays news.

[FakeNoose]

23. Trump and McConnell just conceded for him, because he can't do it

What an asshole! Time to retire Roy.

[BlueIdaho]

24. McConnell

May actually be happier about this win than Doug Jones...

[C Moon]

20. What does a bastard like Moore do with his useless soul after he realizes he lost?

He should be fitted with an orange jump suit.

[BlueIdaho]

21. He saddles up old Sassy

And trots down to the local mall for a little consolation.

[marble falls]

22. Tell Roy its all over but his whining!

[0rganism]

28. looking forward to Moore's concession speech

this is all... strangely arousing

[Bleacher Creature]

29. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NT

[drray23]

36. this is from a movie but i cant remember which one ?

I remember vaguely one guy trying to motivate his friends with crazy arguments like that one.. what was it ? Was it a movie or a commercial ?

[Bleacher Creature]

37. Animal House

https://m.

[djacq]

30. What is it with Republicans and Math? 49.92% - 48.38% 1.54%, which is greater than 0.5%

According to Alabama state law, there is no recount.

Even if you sleep on it, you still wake up, and 1.54% is still greater than 0.5%.

What God is on the side of a pedophile?

[SeaDoo77]

31. Roy, My God Doesn't Like Child Molesters

What about yours? Satan?

[smirkymonkey]

32. Oh Roy, it's over alright. You lost.

Accept it. Baby Jesus didn't wan't you.

That sick mofo thinks he is destined, but he's not dealing with reality. The people have spoken. Ride off into the sunset Roy.

[Gothmog]

35. Moore cannot pay for recount

Link to tweet

?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F

[Akoto]

38. Per MSNBC, the secretary of state he's going to talk to sees no way Moore can win. n/t

[Initech]

39. Hey asshole: YOU LOST!!!!!!

Fuck you and fuck the Christian right! Your reign of terror is over!

[HeiressofBickworth]

40. Wasn't there a couple of court decisions last week?

One decision prevented the destruction of paper ballots after the close of election day.

The other decision overturned the first one, which means that there is no bar to destroying paper ballots.

So, the whinny bastard better get a move on for a recount before the clerks start cleaning up the place.

What? He isn't in the margin which demands a recount? Pity.

[EarthFirst]

41. Did they not spend the past twenty four hours fighting to prevent a recount

...by eliminating a provision that would have kept the digital footprint of the election in place?

I say fuck their desires for a recount.

[elmac]

42. he's taking advise from Bannon

the same advice he gave tRump if he lost. The evil, ugly bannon is their puppet master

[mr_lebowski]

45. They'll probably try to argue some bullshit math like its '.5% of the eligible voting population!'

So, the denominator isn't the % of people who ACTUALLY voted ... and since ... lets say ... 31% of 'eligible' people voted, and the margin was 1.5% then it's actually within .5% of the total POSSIBLE voters ... or something like that ...

Of course they'll count the disenfranchised (people who would've been turned down for lack of ID, being felons, etc) in the denominator to reach the .5% they're looking for ...

Lets just say ... I won't fucking be at ALL surprised if they try to drag this bullshit out with specious legal arguments for as long as possible. And insult the intelligence of every single human being in the world in the process.

[C Moon]

47. Why should he concede? His political career is over. But hopefully he'll see prison time now.

[rpannier]

48. It's Not Over

Until he has raked in every dollar from every idiot that will send him money to fight on

[BumRushDaShow]

50. THIS

and then he will go on the RW loon talk show circuit and probably become a Faux Snooze regular.

[MFM008]

51. What do you call a sore loser pedophile?

Roy Moore..

[JustAnotherGen]

52. F*c'mon him

He's going away. Oh yes, he's poison now.

[mdbl]

56. how do you do a recount with a computer?

seriously? aren't they using those shi%%y electronic voting system? what do you do, hit the button and hope the numbers change?

[hamsterjill]

57. In all seriousness, how does he know that God wants him???

This is the foul up with these Evangelical fanatics. I am a Christian, but I’m not like them.

They want to manipulate what God wants into being what’s best for them.

I remind them - God loves Doug Jones, too.

[7962]

60. So even Trump congratulates Jones and Mr Sore Loser cant get over it? Ego, my friends.

Ego is what kept him in the race, just like Todd Akin. They cannot let it go so it has to be taken from them. Any normal individual would step out when the national party asked them to

[LongTomH]

61. I expected this!!! I knew Moore wouldn't go quietly into the night.

What's his next move? Take it to the courts?

[harun]

67. He'll call Putin, see what he can do for him.

[cannabis_flower]

62. He probably

thought the fix was in and it wasn't enough!

[Nitram]

64. A sore loser, on top of everything else. Moore and Trump must have been separated at birth.