five days to go until the special election in alabama. race between roy moore and doug jones is close in the polls but still don t know how alabamans will react to the accusations. republican national committee is backing moore with infusion of cash and president is up to it. republicans saying it s up to the people of alabama to decide. asked porter about the allegations made by number of women who mr. moore and others attribute to conspiracy many people at different times. washington post, mainstream media. radical homosexuals, transgender groups, criminals. no evidence to back up claims
seen. right now the president hasn t received any sort of repercussions for backing moore. if moore wins, they re going to look at that as the president helped make that happen. and it isn t about morality. it s about politics. now, behind closed doors, the daily beast has reported that the president really isn t concerned about roy moore. and he s actually looking at this more as more women accusing a man in power, who didn t do anything. he s kind of internalizing it, with the access hollywood allegations. right. so, i it remains to be seen whether in 2018, voters will come. because let s not forget. alabama is a conservative state. if luther strange was the person running in this seat, we wouldn t even be talking about this. so the fact so, so, you know, at the end of the day, we ll have to see whether, in places like ron was saying, in places like virginia, there are, you know, more repercussions. poppy, can i add real quick? very quickly, yeah. in the washington
moore responded either mitt romney has lost his courage or doesn t care about truth anymore. ironically the hashtag drain the swamp appearing on that. the washington post says doug jones up by 3 points well within the poll s margin of error. the president set to attend the opening of a civil rights museum. he will be in two states that border alabama without being in h alabama before the election. series of new twists in president trump s constantly shifting legal strats strategy for the russia investigation. he tweeted he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi before trump fired him, an assertion that raises questions about obstruction of justice. his personal lawyer claimed he
beliefs moore s accusers and added if he refuses to with draw and wins the senator should vote to exp el him because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the senate. many other republicans not thrilled with working side by side with moore. i still think it s unfortunate. we re going have a tough enough time in the coming years and being the party of roy moore is not going to help. i ve learned long ago voters don t want to be told from washington who to vote for. i ve made my position clear on mr. moore but it s not up me tore the president. it s up to the people of alabama. then this, digging in as a committed moore opponent. mitt romney tweeting. it would be a stain. no vote, no majority is worth losing our honor and integrity it. not not shying from a fight,
we start with the alabama election one week before voters go to the polls a new fracture in the republican party over senate candidate roy moore. on monday president trump threw his full support behind roy moore. democrats refusal to give one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to win in alabama. in a phone call to the candidate they say the president called moore, called him a fighter and finished up by saying go get em, roy. walking aways last nonts over the allegations the rnc will transfer money to the alabama republican party. but moore colorado s cory gardner sticking to the position he laid out last month saying he