The appalling and entirely predictable GOP reaction to Roy Moore's accusers - By Jennifer Rubin
Elected Republicans generally reacted in one of two ways to The Post’s deeply sourced report of one women who describes being kissed and fondled by now-GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore when she was 14 years old and reports by three other women who tell about inappropriate advances by Moore when they were teens. Tragically, one of the ways was not, “This is an abomination. We believe the accounts of four separate women and corroborating evidence. He must immediately withdraw from the race. If he does not and somehow manages to win we will not permit him to caucus with Republicans. No party advantage or political boost should be derived from the election of someone credibly reported to behave in this manner. Had we known about this we would never have countenanced his run.”
Instead, a slew of U.S. senators said he should leave if the allegations were “true.” This is a shameful dodge. They need to assess whether to believe Moore, who denies the charges (this from someone twice removed from the bench), or the painful, detailed recollections of his accusers. What’s it going to be fellas? All they could do was manage to blame Stephen K. Bannon, who backed Moore. But of course, they have all endorsed Moore and now have the power to disown him. That would require them to take his word over the accounts of four women who do not know each other and have no motivation to make any of this up. And that was not the worst of it. Alabama Republicans uttered despicable defenses of Moore:
“Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus,” Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler told The Washington Examiner. “There’s just nothing immoral or illegal here. Maybe just a little bit unusual.”
Actually, the conduct described by the 14-year-old is both illegal and immoral. (It’s not clear whether the other accounts describe a crime or “just” deeply inappropriate and immoral conduct.)
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