U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak at a news conference Nov. 16 in Birmingham, Ala. (Brynn Anderson/AP)President Trump continued his lonely campaign to boost Republican Roy Moore’s Senate bid in Alabama, taking to Twitter to denounce the candidate’s Democratic opponent as other GOP lawmakers continued to oppose their party’s nominee over sexual misconduct allegations. Trump didn't rescind his support for Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Alabama. [Roy Moore’s communications director resigns]The Senate race has taken on even greater consequence as the Senate gears up for consideration of a massive tax-cut plan in which Republicans can afford to lose just two of the 52 members of McConnell’s caucus. Every other high-profile Republican in Washington recoiled from Moore’s candidacy, including Vice President Pence and the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump. The “moral of the story,” Graham said, “is: Don’t nominate somebody like Roy Moore, who could lose a race any other Republican could win.”

Source: Washington Post November 26, 2017 15:56 UTC