Senate Republicans greeted Roy Moore’s entry Thursday into Alabama’s next Senate race by vowing to block the former judge, whose Senate bid in 2017 fell short amid allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls in the 1970s. “We’ll be opposing Roy Moore vigorously,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday afternoon, less than two hours after Moore formally entered the race after weeks of hinting at the campaign. [Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32]Trump, who has faced his own allegations of sexual misconduct, wavered back and forth on whether to support Moore. “Roy Moore has no place in a Republican primary. Last month, Trump warned Alabama Republicans not to back Moore, tweeting that he had “NOTHING against Moore” but considered him a loser.

Source: Washington Post June 20, 2019 19:24 UTC