GOP/LEGAL/POLITICS: “Alabama’s special election for a U.S. Senate seat was rattled Thursday [11-9-17] by allegations that Republican nominee Roy Moore initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl several decades ago, when he was 32.
The allegations surfaced in a report in the Washington Post just one month before Alabama voters are set to hold a special Senate election to choose between Mr. Moore—an evangelical conservative who is a hero of the religious right—and Democratic candidate Doug Jones.
The Post article also quoted three other women who said Mr. Moore had pursued them when they were ages 16 to 18 and he was in his early 30s and an assistant district attorney in northern Alabama.
Mr. Moore denied the allegations, calling it a ‘a political attack’ by Democrats. Polls show Mr. Moore leading in the conservative state’s race to fill the seat once held by Jeff Sessions, who left the Senate to become attorney general.
On a visit to Vietnam, President Donald Trump said Mr. Moore should quit the race if the allegations are true, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said.”
-Janet Hook and Natalie Andrews, “GOP Senators, Trump Say Roy Moore Should Quit Alabama Race If Sexual-Misconduct Claims Are True,” The Wall Street Journal online, Nov. 10, 2017 09:39am