ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald J. Trump is publicly making the case that Roy Moore, the controversial former Alabama judge, could cost Republicans a Senate seat in an overwhelmingly conservative state if he chooses to run again. One person he hasn’t convinced is Mr. Moore himself…President Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday [5-29-19] to warn that if Mr. Moore was the Republican nominee in 2020, he would most likely lose again to Mr. Jones, considered the Democratic Party’s most vulnerable incumbent up for Senate re-election next year…Mr. Moore was defeated in a 2017 special election after being accused of pursuing relationships with teenage girls while in his 30s. He had hinted in recent weeks that he would make another try for the Senate seat. In the interview, Mr. Moore complained that the president was getting ‘bad advice’ about him from ‘the establishment in Washington,’ which fears his views on social issues such as his opposition to gay marriage.”
–Trip Gabriel and Jonathan Martin, “Despite Warning From Trump, Roy Moore Says He Can Win Alabama Senate Seat,” The New York Times online, May 29, 2019