Politicians from both sides of the aisle said on Sunday Donald Trump’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, was not good enough and he should call for Moore to withdraw. Three other women told the Post Moore had sexual contact with them when they were teenagers. In a week that saw Democratic gains in state and local elections, establishment figures including the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, have called on Moore to step aside. Meet the progressives elected after Trump: America’s new political coalition Read moreHe said: “I think he should step aside. Like Kasich, Toomey would not be drawn on whether Republicans in the Senate should work with Moore if he is elected regardless.

Source: The Guardian November 12, 2017 16:41 UTC