“Liberal Jones would be BAD!” he tweeted less than an hour later. “Doug Jones is continuing to focus on finding common ground and getting things done for real Alabamians.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyDuring the Alabama Republican primary, Mr. Trump endorsed Senator Luther Strange on Twitter, then deleted some of those tweets after Mr. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. On Sunday, the president claimed that after he had supported Mr. Strange, the candidate “shot way up in the polls” — a claim he also made in September — but “it wasn’t enough.”

Source: New York Times November 26, 2017 18:00 UTC