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RandySF

(58,922 posts)
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:18 PM Nov 2017

'If it was my daughter, I'd break his face': Republican lawmaker unleashes on Roy Moore

Republican Rep. Scott Taylor of Virginia said he didn't "feel comfortable" with the response from Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat in Alabama, to a string of sexual-misconduct allegations against him, including that he initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl in 1979, when he was 32.

Speaking to CNN's John Berman on Wednesday, Taylor, a former US Navy SEAL, expressed skepticism about Moore's denials of the allegations.

"All I know is what I've seen," Taylor said. "I saw the man give his interview. Me personally, I don't think it was sufficient enough."

Taylor continued: "The 14-year-old girl that was there, I can tell you right now if it was my daughter, I'd break his face, I'd break his fingers, and I'd probably do a lot worse."

Since a November 9 Washington Post report detailed allegations that Moore pursued relationships with teenage girls when he was in his 30s and working in a district attorney's office, several other women have come forward with similar stories.

Moore's campaign has floated theories that the accusers may have been politically motivated. Moore has also said he doesn't remember dating any young women without their mothers' permission.


http://www.businessinsider.com/scott-taylor-roy-moore-navy-seal-2017-11

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'If it was my daughter, I'd break his face': Republican lawmaker unleashes on Roy Moore (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2017 OP
Well Rep Taylor's grammar isn't great... VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #1
this is the point, sort of mnmoderatedem Nov 2017 #2

VMA131Marine

(4,140 posts)
1. Well Rep Taylor's grammar isn't great...
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:32 PM
Nov 2017

Sufficient enough?????

But he has the right idea. This should have been Trump's response. He has two daughters.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
2. this is the point, sort of
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:38 PM
Nov 2017

Alabama has roughly 50% of polled voters who are OK with what Moore did as long it's someone else's daughter and not theirs.

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