Alabama GOP Senator: ‘I Couldn’t Vote For Roy Moore’ Because of ’14-Year-Old Story’
Last month, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) told reporters that he had already sent in his absentee ballot in the Alabama Senate special election and he did not vote for embattled Republican nominee Roy Moore. He said at that time that he wrote in the name of a distinguished Republican candidate.
With the election now just two days away, Shelby appeared on CNN’s State of the Union this morning, and he did his level best to torpedo Moore’s campaign. Asked by host Jake Tapper if he’d rather see Moore or Democrat Doug Jones win, Shelby noted that he’d want the Republican to be victorious but would hope that it’d be a write-in.
“I couldn’t vote for Roy Moore,” the GOP lawmaker stated. “I didn’t vote for Roy Moore. But I wrote in a distinguished Republican name. And I think a lot of people could that.”
Shelby added that he understood why President Trump was endorsing the accused child molester because Republicans would like to retain the seat in the Senate. However, in his opinion, the stories that have come out about Moore’s past behavior are just too much.
“There’s a time, we call it a tipping point, and I think so many accusations, so many cuts, so many drip, drip, drip, when it got to the 14-year-old story, story, that was enough for me,” the Alabama senator declared. “I said, I can’t vote for Roy Moore.”
Shelby went on to decline to name the candidate he did vote for while also telling Tapper that he felt the women who have come forward to accuse Moore of sexual misconduct are believable and credible.
Watch the clip above, via CNN.
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