POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threw his support behind Alabama candidate Roy Moore on Monday [12-4-17], calling the Senate hopeful, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, and tweeting that ‘we need Republican Roy Moore to win’ in order to push through the president’s agenda…
Trump seemed to warm to Moore after endorsing his opponent in the GOP primary, but he had avoided directly endorsing his candidacy. Moore has been accused by multiple women of seeking inappropriate relationships with them decades ago when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. One woman said he assaulted her when she was 14 years old. Moore has denied engaging in any misconduct…
The Alabama Republican celebrated the president’s endorsement later Monday morning, sharing Trump’s online post with his own Twitter followers and adding that he was ‘thankful for President Trump’s support. The America First agenda will #MAGA. Can’t wait to help him #DrainTheSwamp.’
Trump’s support follows that of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who initially said Moore should leave the Alabama Senate race but on Sunday said the voters of Alabama should decide the outcome.”
-Louis Nelson and Daniel Strauss, “Trump called Roy Moore to endorse him, White House says,” Politico, Dec. 4, 2017 01:20pm