If Republican Roy Moore defeats
his Democratic opponent Doug Jones on Tuesday in Alabama, Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t necessarily be celebrating.
A Moore victory means the Kentucky majority leader will be able to hold onto his slim two-vote majority, but the former judge brings to the Senate a toxic mix that few Senate Republicans are keen to accept.
Moore, who’s been accused by women of sexually touching one when she was 14 years old and of assaulting another when she was 16 years old — both when he was in his 30s — would likely enter the Senate under the cloud of an official ethics investigation into those allegations.
The Senate Ethics Committee could then recommend censure or even expulsion for Moore. But that would put Senate Republicans in the unhappy spot of voting to kick someone out for allegations the people of Alabama knew about before voting for him.
Expelling Moore would likely delight former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon, who’s been stumping for Moore and criticizing McConnell as an “establishment” Washington figure who is out of touch with the GOP base. The move to boot out the Alabama people’s choice would help Bannon paint a picture of Washington Republicans trampling over the grassroots.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/roy-moore-victory-put-senate-gop-tough-spot-221327981.html
A Moore victory means the Kentucky majority leader will be able to hold onto his slim two-vote majority, but the former judge brings to the Senate a toxic mix that few Senate Republicans are keen to accept.
Moore, who’s been accused by women of sexually touching one when she was 14 years old and of assaulting another when she was 16 years old — both when he was in his 30s — would likely enter the Senate under the cloud of an official ethics investigation into those allegations.
The Senate Ethics Committee could then recommend censure or even expulsion for Moore. But that would put Senate Republicans in the unhappy spot of voting to kick someone out for allegations the people of Alabama knew about before voting for him.
Expelling Moore would likely delight former Trump adviser Stephen Bannon, who’s been stumping for Moore and criticizing McConnell as an “establishment” Washington figure who is out of touch with the GOP base. The move to boot out the Alabama people’s choice would help Bannon paint a picture of Washington Republicans trampling over the grassroots.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/roy-moore-victory-put-senate-gop-tough-spot-221327981.html
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