the ones to make the decisions. up to the people of alabama to make the decision. the president believes it is a decision for the people of alabama to make. look, the president, as i said about seven or eight times now thinks it s the decision for the people of alabama to make. sanders rattled off the people of alabama line six times in a 20-minute press conference. as for the president, this is what s so crucial here. the last time he said something out loud about roy moor was the day he won the primary for alabama s vacant seat in september. here is the president then. well, we have a man who is going to be a great senator. i m very happy with that. roy ran a really great race. let s be clear. if the last thing trump, himself, said about roy moore is, he s quote, going to be a great senator, then that s where he stands on roy moore. on a moore alabama s newspapers call unfit to serve as senator for the united states.
cruised to victory last night in the primary runoff in alabama giving a major victory to the populist movement fed up with business as usual in washington, d.c. president trump campaigned for judge moore s opponent in the race but still seems happy with last night s election results. president trump: he came a long way and ran a good race. roy ran a really great race and i know what they did with mitch, they used him in the campaign. he worked hard and i m sure things will work out. dana: joining us from washington for reaction is rick cline, political director for abc news. how does washington feel what happened in alabama last night? a localized situation or does it foretell something else? it s a big deal. the disruption has only begun. the idea that trumpism can defeat president trump has huge ramifications for the 2018 landscape and for what goes on in president trump s head when he is thinking about how he will conduct himself
dana: judge roy moore cruised to victory last night in the primary runoff in alabama giving a major victory to the populist movement fed up with business as usual in washington, d.c. president trump campaigned for judge moore s opponent in the race but still seems happy with last night s election results. he came a long way and ran a good race. roy ran a really great race and i know what they did with mitch, they used him in the campaign. he worked hard and i m sure things will work out.. dana: joining us from washington for reaction is rick cline, political director for abc news. how does washington feel what happened in alabama last night? a localized situation or does it foretell something else? it s a big deal. the disruption has only begun. the idea that trumpism canit defeat president trump has huge ramifications for the 2018 landscape and for what goes onon in president trump s head when he is thinking about how he will conduct himself politically. the fact he chose the
by allies of the president and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. obtained a memo about the alabama electionhat circulated among republican donors. written by steven law. president of the leadership fund super pac. said primary voters were angry and inclined to blame republicans for dysfunction in washington. reading in part, republican congress has replaced president obama as the man for primary voters. this narrative driven by trump himself and resinates with primary voters who believe the republican congress isn t doing enough as we frequently heard in focus groups to advance the president s agenda. yesterday he said he spoke with roy moore and commented on his role in the senate primary. roy ran a really great race. i know what they did with mitch and used it in the campaign. he works hard and i m sure things will work out. what about mitch mcconnell.
specialists are also standing by. let s begin with the president s unveiling of the republican tax reform plan. our white house correspondent, sara murray, is standing by with the latest. sara, the president officially unveiled the proposal just a little while ago in indiana. that s right, wolf. the president is headed back to the white house after touting this tax reform plan in indiana and it comes at a time when this president could use a political victory, coming on the heels of an embarrassing defeat, throwing his weight behind the wrong guy in the alabama senate race. president trump trying to shrug off another defeat today, after putting his political capital on the line for the losing candidate in alabama. we have a man who s going to be a great senator. and i i m very happy with that. reporter: trump, lavishing praise on roy moore, the winner of the alabama senate primary. even after trump endorsed moore s gop opponent, senator luther strange. i have to say, luther c