An Alabama Republican official said Thursday that he would still vote for Roy Moore for Senate, even if the allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a minor are true.
Bibb County Republican Chairman Jerry Pow told the Toronto Star’s Daniel Dale that he would vote for Moore, the GOP candidate in the Alabama Senate race, regardless of the allegations rather than vote for Democratic candidate Doug Jones, an exchange that Dale posted on Twitter.
“I would vote for Judge Moore because I wouldn’t want to vote for Doug,” Pow said. “I’m not saying I support what he did.”
After a long pause, Alabama Bibb County Republican chairman Jerry Pow tells me he'd vote for Roy Moore even if Moore did commit a sex crime against a girl.
"I would vote for Judge Moore because I wouldn't want to vote for Doug," he says. "I'm not saying I support what he did."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 9, 2017
Dale spoke with several other Alabama county officials who said they would still vote for Moore, dismissing the allegations as a Democratic strategy to discredit the candidate.
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