Doug Jones mocks Moore over reaction to potential Senate bid: ‘They’re just not that into you’
“It has been so amusing watching all the handwringing by establishment Republicans who were all in for Roy Moore with his cowboy suit & little gun in 2017,” Jones said in a tweet.
It has been so amusing watching all the handwringing by establishment Republicans who were all in for Roy Moore with his cowboy suit & little gun in 2017. Sorry Roy, guess they’re just not that into you anymore.
Roy Moore hits back at Trump in defiant interview via @POLITICO pic.twitter.com/4xDBARtLHx
— Doug Jones (@DougJones) May 30, 2019
“Republicans cannot allow themselves to again lose the Senate seat in the Great State of Alabama,” Trump said in a tweet Wednesday.
“There are a lot of Republicans in the state of Alabama who can beat Doug Jones, and Roy Moore has proven that he’s not one of them,” a second GOP strategist told The Hill.
But Moore appeared defiant during a slate of interviews on Wednesday and is expected to make a decision about whether or not to enter the race next month.
“I think politics are at work and people behind the scenes are trying to force him to distance himself from me,” Moore told the Times. “It’s wrong. The truth is they know I’ll win if I run.”
During his 2017 Senate campaign, Moore faced allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls from when he was in his 20s and 30s. Moore denied the allegations, but Senate Republicans, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, cut ties with him.
Kevin McLaughlin, executive director of the NRSC, has described the Senate GOP campaign wing’s stance as “ABRM: anyone but Roy Moore.”
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