President Trump appears to back Roy Moore 'We don't want a liberal' in Alabama Senate seat

President Trump appears to back Roy Moore  'We don't want a liberal' in Alabama Senate seat
 President Trump all however endorsed embattled Alabama Republican candidate Roy Moore on Tuesday, announcing he would not need some other Democrat within the U.S. Senate and stressing Moore's denials of a couple of allegations of sexual misconduct regarding teenage ladies.



“I can inform you one element for positive: We don’t need a liberal man or woman in there, a Democrat," Trump instructed journalists at the White House.

Moore's opponent, Democratic candidate Doug Jones, is "terrible on crime, it’s terrible on the border, it’s horrible on the army," Trump stated.

Moore has been accused via numerous girls of sexually assaulting and harassing women as young as 14 years antique whilst he became in his 30s.

Of the allegations, Trump stated, "Roy Moore denies it; it really is all I can say."
Trump neglected questions about whether or not he himself believes Moore's denials, but said he'll announce next week whether he intends to go to Alabama to campaign in my view for the Republican candidate. Moore faces a decent election against Jones, a former federal prosecutor.

Trump spoke at the same time as en route to the presidential helicopter with the intention to take him to Air Force One to start a Thanksgiving excursion at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump, who has been accused of mistaken sexual behavior himself, said he is satisfied that there may be a countrywide discussion approximately sexual harassment taking vicinity.

"Women are very unique," he stated. "I assume it is a totally unique time due to the fact lots of factors are coming out, and I think that is appropriate for our society."

It is "very, excellent for ladies" and "I'm very satisfied it's being exposed," he brought.

Trump's expression of guide for Moore seems to be a change in tone from previous White House statements.

After the sexual harassment expenses against Moore arose in advance this month, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a declaration saying Trump predicted that, if the allegations are true, "Judge Moore will do the right issue and step aside."

As lately as closing week, even as many Republican congressional leaders have called for Moore to step apart, Sanders said Trump believed that the people of Alabama need to determine whether or not to opt for him.

"Look, the president believes these allegations are very troubling and must be taken significantly, and he thinks the humans of Alabama should make the selection on who their senator have to be," Sanders said.

At the White House on Tuesday, Trump declined to discuss other lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct.

"I don't need to talk for Al Franken," Trump said, regarding the Minnesota Democratic senator who has apologized to a TV host and sportscaster who accused him of kissing and groping her without her consent, earlier than his time in Congress.

Yet Trump ultimate week cited the previous Saturday Night Live writer as "Frankenstein" and tweeted that the evidence towards Franken is "simply terrible." He blasted him for hypocrisy in condemning different acts of sexual harassment. "The Al Frankenstien (sic) photo is surely bad, speaks a thousand phrases," Trump tweeted closing week. "Where do his arms cross in pictures 2, 3, four, five & 6 even as she sleeps?"

Trump's tweets opened the door for the president's critics to revive the various sexual misconduct allegations against him personally. More than a dozen girls have accused Trump of groping and kissing then against their will; Trump has denied each allegation.

The White House defended Trump's assault on Franken by using announcing the allegations in opposition to the Democrat had been very special from accusations against Trump.

"Specifically, Sen. Franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn’t," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said closing Friday. "That's a totally clean distinction."

Before leaving for Florida, Trump said he handiest just heard approximately allegations towards Rep. John Conyers, who acknowledged on Tuesday that his workplace reached a mystery agreement with a former staffer accusing him of sexual harassment. The Michigan Democrat has denied the allegations.

While Trump declined to list precise instances, he did say that Congress need to launch names of lawmakers who've settled sexual harassment claims.

"I do," Trump stated. "I truly do."
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