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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Nov 13, 2017, 06:27 PM Nov 2017

Graham: Moore Would Be Doing 'A Service' By 'Stepping Aside'

Source: Talking Points Memo

By MATT SHUHAM Published NOVEMBER 13, 2017 5:00 PM

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday joined a growing list of Republican senators calling for Roy Moore to step aside from his campaign for U.S. Senate, saying Moore “would be doing himself, the state, the GOP, and the country a service” by doing so.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for as much Monday morning, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) followed suit.

McConnell did not rule out a write-in campaign featuring Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL), who was appointed to fill Attorney Jeff Sessions’ Senate seat on an interim basis, and who Sessions supported against Moore in the Alabama Republican Senate primary.

Of the handful of senators who explicitly endorsed Moore, only two listed on Moore’s website have not withdrawn those endorsements: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul (R-KY).

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/graham-moore-stepping-aside

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Graham: Moore Would Be Doing 'A Service' By 'Stepping Aside' (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

Cruz and Paul? Quelle Surprise? BootinUp Nov 2017 #1

Meanwhile, he's servicing the Dems pretty well. mpcamb Nov 2017 #2

The GOP protest way too much.... FarPoint Nov 2017 #3

He's creepy and he's not doing any favors for anybody FakeNoose Nov 2017 #4

It's a lose/lose situation for Repubs. Nitram Nov 2017 #5

I suspect they really want him to run and are simply saying this to try and protect themselves. nt cstanleytech Nov 2017 #6

BootinUp

(47,188 posts)

1. Cruz and Paul? Quelle Surprise?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2017, 06:38 PM

Nov 2017

mpcamb

(2,878 posts)

2. Meanwhile, he's servicing the Dems pretty well.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2017, 06:53 PM

Nov 2017

A race where the issue of sanctioning pedophilia is an issue??
"53 pastors sign letter of support for Roy Moore"
Gawd, what a gift!
The only question left is whether >50% of Alabamans have the wherewith all to pull the lever against this tramp.

FarPoint

(12,444 posts)

3. The GOP protest way too much....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Nov 13, 2017, 07:55 PM

Nov 2017

This is not how the GOP operates...moral ground is not relevant....So, what are they really trying to do here? They NEVER come out if the gate like McConnell did asking Moore to step down...So, they must have a trick up their sleeve...

I just don't know what it is yet...but it's something.