Why Alabama Young Republicans deserted Roy Moore

Jackie Curtiss should be a lock to support a Republican Senate nominee in her home state of Alabama.

The 27-year-old is chair of the Young Republican Federation of Alabama and a member of the state party's steering committee.

But recent allegations of sexual misconduct against GOP nominee Roy Moore have set Curtiss and many of her fellow young conservatives against the state party, which standing by its candidate. On a Saturday conference call, the Young Republican Federation, which represents members across the state between ages 18 and 40, voted in favor of a resolution suspending support for Moore unless — and until — he can discredit allegations that he had improper relationships with teenage girls and young women decades ago.

"Obviously, I would never vote for Doug Jones," the Democratic candidate in the race, she said in a telephone interview with NBC News. "At this point, I would probably not even go to vote on December 12."

That's not a position she ever though she'd find herself in — and it's not a comfortable one.

"I've never felt the inner turmoil I feel over this," she said. "At some point, decency comes before politics."

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