he d say that very well about america, couldn t you? reporter: do you think? well, we promote a lot of bad things. you know? reporter: like? same-sex marriage. reporter: that the very argument that vladimir putin makes. well, maybe putin is right. maybe he s more akin to me than i know. it s pretty fascinating that a guy would still be in a race in the state of alabama after saying that america is the focus of evil in the world and that he has more in common with vladimir putin than he thought. everything that reagan stood for and everything the party stood for quite honestly, it turns it on its head. the fact that you re going to have this kind of conversation and say that the source of the evil empire is better than anything we re doing here is just outside of where the republican party is, and the
the woman who are accusing roy moore, they voted for president donald trump, and now if that doesn t give people pause i don t know what will. yeah. it s very distressing. let me come and open this up to jason and corina as well. this is a clip i saw for the first time last night, actually. this is roy moore talking not just about his views on lgbt americans, which i don t think will be surprising to people, but revealing something else, his pro putin view. to say what ronald reagan would think, i just simply couldn t begin. he said the russia was the focus of modern evil in the world. you could say that very well about america, couldn t you? do you think? well, we promote a lot of bad things, you know.
roy moore and the president himself has denied allegations of sexual misconduct against him. another person coming forward today saying that she he had attempted to kiss her at one point. you know, there s a sort of persecution complex that i think the president shares with roy moore and, you know, they re trying to get people to believe that they didn t do things that people have accused them of. i think he sees solidarity with roy moore on that and i think he hopes roy moore s voters see a solidarity with trump who is more popular as heidi points out than moore is. heidi, i want to you listen to some roy moore comments from back in august about vladimir putin. he said that russia was the focus of evil in the modern world. you could say that very well about america, couldn t you? do you think? well, we promote a lot of bad
should be illegal, muslims should not be allowed to serve in congress in direct violation of the constitution. he was twice removed from the alabama supreme court by fellow republicans, one should note, for putting his religious views before the rule of law and at a campaign rally in september, he suggested america was last great when we had slavery. i think it was great at the time when families were united, even though we had slavery. they cared for one another. people were strong in the families. even though we had slavery. in august, moore was asked about comments ronald reagan made about russia. russia was the focus of evil in the emodern world. could say that very well about america, couldn t you? well, we promote a lot of bad things, you know? like? same sex marriage. that s the very argument
world. you could say that very well about america, couldn t you? do you think? well, we promote a lot of bad things, you know. like? same sex marriage. that s the very argument of vladimir putin makes. well, then maybe putin is right, maybe he s more kin to me than i know. heidi, back to that question, what happens if roy moore wins? well, it s kind of a loose/loose situation for the republican party. he comes to washington and we take mitch mcconnell at his word that she start an immediate ethics investigation had is likely to find the same things that the washington post and other news organizations have found through their intrepid reporting that these women, in fact, have credible stories and that they have quite a dilemma on their hands because they do face the question of whether they really want to overturn the will of the alabama voters who despite knowing all of these things put roy moore into the senate. or, roy moore loses and if he