ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A defiant Roy Moore brushed aside Donald Trump’s warning not to run for Senate again, telling POLITICO on Wednesday [5-29-19] that Alabama voters are capable of deciding for themselves whether he’s fit for office…The scandal-plagued former judge said he is ‘seriously considering’ running for Senate again and plans to decide in a ‘few weeks.’ Moore’s recalcitrance comes as Republicans, including Trump, are warning him to stay out of the race against Democratic Sen. Doug Jones. Republicans view the Alabama contest as a linchpin of their Senate majority — ousting Jones in 2020 would give the GOP a larger cushion with the party mostly on defense on the Senate map. Jones narrowly defeated Moore in a special election in 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct by Moore with young girls decades ago. Those allegations emerged after Moore won the GOP nomination by defeating the Trump-endorsed candidate, then-interim Sen. Luther Strange.”
–James Arkin, “Roy Moore hits back at Trump in defiant interview,” Politico, May 29, 2019 7:58 pm