Trump has no comment on Roy Moore because he doesn't 'watch much TV'

Asked about allegations against the Republican Senate nominee, Trump said ‘I don’t get to watch much television. Primarily because … I’m reading documents’

Martin Pengelly and agencies
Saturday 11 November 2017 14.35 GMT

Donald Trump on Saturday deflected questions about whether the Republican Roy Moore should drop out of the Alabama Senate race over allegations of sexual misconduct, insisting that because he does “not watch much television” he did not feel qualified to comment.

Travelling in Asia, the president told reporters: “I’ve been with you folks, so I haven’t gotten to see too much. And believe it or not, even when I’m in Washington or New York, I do not watch much television.”

Numerous reports have detailed Trump’s TV-watching habits, including large screens in the White House residence, tuned to cable news. His tweeting habits have frequently been shown to follow content on certain shows, particularly the Fox News morning magazine, Fox & Friends.

The Washington Post reported this week that an Alabama woman said Moore had sexual contact with her when she was 14 and he was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. On Air Force One, Trump referred reporters back to a written statement that was read by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders after the Post report was published.

The White House statement said Trump believes Moore will “do the right thing and step aside” if the decades-old allegations are true.

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