GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Top White House officials said Sunday [11-12-17] they didn’t have enough information to judge whether Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore should withdraw from his race over allegations that he pursued teenage girls, including one 14-year-old, while he was in his 30s.
Mr. Moore, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama, has denied sexual misconduct. The claims against him have split the GOP and thrown into question the balance of power in the Senate, where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority of 52.
Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House counselor, and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary seeking a tax overhaul that could hinge on the size of Republicans’ Senate majority, both said Sunday they condemned the actions of which Mr. Moore was accused but didn’t know enough to judge the veracity of the claims…
Prominent GOP senators including Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Mike Lee of Utah and Steve Daines of Montana withdrew their support for Mr. Moore over the weekend.”
-Louise Radnofsky and Nancy Youssef, “White House on Roy Moore: Can’t Say If He Should Exit Senate Race,” The Wall Street Journal online, Nov. 12, 2017 12:14pm