gur gon and scott jennings. what happens now? roy moore is obviously defiant saying he will absolutely not step aside. can he be replaced by republicans? the alabama republican party can remove him from being a candidate. he can t be removed from the ballot at this point. the absentee battle have already gone out and, you know, sort of that is set in stone. if the alabama republican party decides to remove him, then that would mean that if anybody does actually check the box for him, then it wouldn t be counted. but it s really unclear at this point if that s going to happen, particularly because, as you mentioned, roy moore is so incredibly defiant. i think you have to remember that you mentioned this and you showed that very, very awkward moment of the senate majority leader being asked about this.
we hadn t had the primary vote, then it was republican versus republican, the answer may have been yes. and although you don t really see a lot of democrats coming out of alabama in the last 20 plus years, this is a general election, and i think it could just have the opposite effect to ally democrats who don t actually vote or republicans who don t luke this fwie to vote against him. the other thing i just want to say is my signals tonight from bannon world is don t hold your breath that he is going to say, you know what? for the good of the party i think that roy moore should back down. it s slightly different but the same kind of atmosphere iks. he was the guy and the only guys in trump tower the night the access hollywood tape came out who said fight fight fight fight fight fight. when a lot of people people said you know what? this is terrible for the party, terrible for the country. you re going to lose. back out. david, i mean, you know, one thing that struck necessity is ju
roy moore being told by mitch mcconnell or pretty much anybody else in washington we don t want you to come here, if this is true, means nothing, because they didn t want him to come here in the first place. and it was controversial, as someone was just talking, even after he won the republican primary. so him being defiant is just kind of par for the course no matter what the allegations. david, the calls for moore to step aside by a number of republicans came with the same caveat, if it s true. the allegations, they all happened 35 to 40 years allege, so this will likely end up being their word against his. are republicans playing both sides? absolutely. anderson, this is becoming a nightmare for republicans, especially if it drags on. there s no way he can prove his innocence. there s probably no way the washington post or the women can prove his guilt. and so it s a he said she said kind of situation. but it does mean that if he continues to stand, the chances