WASHINGTON ― Republican senators on Sunday continued to distance themselves from alleged sexual predator Roy Moore, while President Donald Trump reiterated his implicit support of the Alabama GOP Senate candidate in a pair of tweets that morning. The allegations that the 70-year-old Moore preyed upon teenage girls while in his 30s “are still very strong and credible, and the denial has been weak,” Scott said. Sen. Tim Scott on Roy Moore: "I want to be on the side of right when history writes this story." Despite their condemnation of Moore, Republican lawmakers on Sunday were reluctant to denounce Trump’s efforts to rally support for Moore. Thune advised Trump to “help everybody out by doing what he can to try and get Roy Moore to step aside,” but acknowledged that Alabama voters “don’t care a lot what Washington, D.C., thinks.”

Source: Huffington Post November 26, 2017 16:18 UTC