POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore appeared on a conspiracy-driven radio show twice in 2011, where he told the hosts in an interview that getting rid of constitutional amendments after the Tenth Amendment would ‘eliminate many problems’ in the way the US government is structured.
Alabama’s special election for Senate, in which Moore is facing Democrat Doug Jones, will be held Tuesday [12-12-17]. Moore’s controversial views on a variety of subjects — including homosexuality, Islam, and evolution — have come into sharper focus in the final days of the campaign, even as Moore has had to deal with multiple accusations from women who say that he sexually assaulted or pursued relationships with them as teenagers when he was in his 30s. Moore has denied all allegations.
Moore also faced criticism for comments he made in September at a campaign rally. According to the Los Angeles Times, when asked by a black member of the audience when he thought the last time America was great, Moore answered, ‘I think it was great at the time when families were united — even though we had slavery — they cared for one another. Our families were strong, our country had a direction.’ “
-Andrew Kaczynski, “Roy Moore in 2011: Getting rid of amendments after 10th would ‘eliminate many problems’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Dec. 11, 2017 06:21am