• Latest
  • Trending
Trump all but endorses GOP’s Moore despite sex accusations

Trump all but endorses GOP’s Moore despite sex accusations

November 21, 2017
This Conservative MP Said Pot Plants Are “Just As Dangerous” As Fentanyl

This Conservative MP Said Pot Plants Are “Just As Dangerous” As Fentanyl

November 22, 2017
These Hotel-Quality Sheets Are Soft, Stain-Resistant, And Less Than $20

These Hotel-Quality Sheets Are Soft, Stain-Resistant, And Less Than $20

November 22, 2017
Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

November 22, 2017
OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

November 22, 2017
You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

November 22, 2017
81 Super Interesting Facts To Blurt Out In The Middle Of Dinner With Your Family

81 Super Interesting Facts To Blurt Out In The Middle Of Dinner With Your Family

November 22, 2017
Who Is Cyntoia Brown? Here’s The Story Behind The Teen Sex Trafficking Victim’s Imprisonment

Who Is Cyntoia Brown? Here’s The Story Behind The Teen Sex Trafficking Victim’s Imprisonment

November 22, 2017
This Mom’s Letter To A Teenage Boy Who Helped Her Daughter Learn To Skateboard Will Give You All The Feels

This Mom’s Letter To A Teenage Boy Who Helped Her Daughter Learn To Skateboard Will Give You All The Feels

November 22, 2017
31 Times The Internet Perfectly Nailed What It’s Like To Work Retail On Black Friday

31 Times The Internet Perfectly Nailed What It’s Like To Work Retail On Black Friday

November 22, 2017
YouTube Is Addressing Its Massive Child Exploitation Problem

YouTube Is Addressing Its Massive Child Exploitation Problem

November 22, 2017
In Defense Of Stranger Things’ Sweet, Sensitive Will Byers

In Defense Of Stranger Things’ Sweet, Sensitive Will Byers

November 22, 2017
Josie & The Pussycats Are Way More Than A Fictional Band — Just Ask Kay Hanley

Josie & The Pussycats Are Way More Than A Fictional Band — Just Ask Kay Hanley

November 22, 2017
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Submit
Thursday, February 21, 2019
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
Los Angeles Record
65 °f
Los Angeles
58 ° Fri
56 ° Sat
59 ° Sun
57 ° Mon
  • Home
    • Home – Layout 1
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • Tech

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    This Conservative MP Said Pot Plants Are “Just As Dangerous” As Fentanyl

    This Conservative MP Said Pot Plants Are “Just As Dangerous” As Fentanyl

    These Hotel-Quality Sheets Are Soft, Stain-Resistant, And Less Than $20

    These Hotel-Quality Sheets Are Soft, Stain-Resistant, And Less Than $20

    Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

    Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

    OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

    OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

    You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

    You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

    81 Super Interesting Facts To Blurt Out In The Middle Of Dinner With Your Family

    81 Super Interesting Facts To Blurt Out In The Middle Of Dinner With Your Family

    Who Is Cyntoia Brown? Here’s The Story Behind The Teen Sex Trafficking Victim’s Imprisonment

    Who Is Cyntoia Brown? Here’s The Story Behind The Teen Sex Trafficking Victim’s Imprisonment

    This Mom’s Letter To A Teenage Boy Who Helped Her Daughter Learn To Skateboard Will Give You All The Feels

    This Mom’s Letter To A Teenage Boy Who Helped Her Daughter Learn To Skateboard Will Give You All The Feels

    31 Times The Internet Perfectly Nailed What It’s Like To Work Retail On Black Friday

    31 Times The Internet Perfectly Nailed What It’s Like To Work Retail On Black Friday

  • Lifestyle

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
  • Home
    • Home – Layout 1
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Science
  • Tech

    Trending Tags

    • Sillicon Valley
    • Climate Change
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
    • Golden Globes
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Mr. Robot
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Gaming
    This Conservative MP Said Pot Plants Are “Just As Dangerous” As Fentanyl

    This Conservative MP Said Pot Plants Are “Just As Dangerous” As Fentanyl

    These Hotel-Quality Sheets Are Soft, Stain-Resistant, And Less Than $20

    These Hotel-Quality Sheets Are Soft, Stain-Resistant, And Less Than $20

    Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

    Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

    OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

    OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

    You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

    You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

    81 Super Interesting Facts To Blurt Out In The Middle Of Dinner With Your Family

    81 Super Interesting Facts To Blurt Out In The Middle Of Dinner With Your Family

    Who Is Cyntoia Brown? Here’s The Story Behind The Teen Sex Trafficking Victim’s Imprisonment

    Who Is Cyntoia Brown? Here’s The Story Behind The Teen Sex Trafficking Victim’s Imprisonment

    This Mom’s Letter To A Teenage Boy Who Helped Her Daughter Learn To Skateboard Will Give You All The Feels

    This Mom’s Letter To A Teenage Boy Who Helped Her Daughter Learn To Skateboard Will Give You All The Feels

    31 Times The Internet Perfectly Nailed What It’s Like To Work Retail On Black Friday

    31 Times The Internet Perfectly Nailed What It’s Like To Work Retail On Black Friday

  • Lifestyle

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
No Result
View All Result
Los Angeles Record
No Result
View All Result
Home World

Trump all but endorses GOP’s Moore despite sex accusations

Mary Difranco by Mary Difranco
November 21, 2017
in World
Trump all but endorses GOP’s Moore despite sex accusations
242
SHARES
967
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

WASHINGTON (AP) — Silent for greater than per week, President Donald Trump all but endorsed embattled Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore on Tuesday, discounting the sexual assault allegations towards him and insisting repeatedly that voters should not help Moore’s “liberal” rival.

The president mentioned he would announce subsequent week whether or not he’ll marketing campaign for Moore, who faces Democrat Doug Jones in a Dec. 12 particular election to fill the seat as soon as held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Trump, who received election despite going through greater than a dozen accusations of sexual misconduct himself, dismissed questions from reporters about backing a Republican accused of sexual assault over a person who’s a Democrat. Trump pointed to Moore’s assertions that he did nothing flawed.

“Roy Moore denies it, that is all I can say,” Trump mentioned. In reality, he repeated 10 occasions in a 5-minute session outdoors the White House that the GOP candidate has denied any wrongdoing.

Two Alabama ladies have accused Moore of assault or molestation — together with one who says she was 14 on the time — and 6 others have mentioned he pursued romantic relationships once they have been youngsters and he was a deputy district legal professional in his 30s.

Breaking his silence on the problem, President Donald Trump is discounting allegations of sexual assault towards Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore and mentioned Tuesday that voters shouldn’t help Moore’s “liberal” rival. (Nov. 21)

Trump did not explicitly say he was endorsing Moore, but he mentioned with emphasis, “We do not want a liberal individual in there. … We do not want someone who’s comfortable on crime like Jones.”

He additionally famous that the allegations got here from conduct alleged to have occurred many years in the past.

“Forty years is a very long time,” Trump mentioned, questioning why it took so lengthy for Moore’s accusers to return ahead.

Former Sen. Sessions has mentioned he has no motive to doubt the allegations towards Moore, Republican leaders in Washington have known as for Moore to depart the race, and the White House has repeatedly mentioned Trump himself felt Moore would “do the suitable factor and step apart” if the allegations proved true.

But Trump had been publicly silent till Tuesday when he exchanged questions and solutions with reporters, shouting to be heard over the noise of his Marine helicopter, ready to take him to Air Force One, which then flew him to his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, for Thanksgiving.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, each Republicans, have known as on Moore to depart the race in gentle of the accusations. The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee have pulled their help for his marketing campaign.

Trump backed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in a September Republican major, but moved shortly to embrace Moore after he received. A White House official mentioned Tuesday that Trump’s assault on Jones didn’t quantity to a proper endorsement of Moore, solely that Trump was speaking that sending the Democrat to Washington would hamper his agenda.

Republican leaders briefly explored the potential of searching for a write-in candidate but have decided these efforts would solely improve Jones’ probabilities by splitting the GOP vote within the Republican state. Sessions has resisted pleas to mount a last-minute marketing campaign for his outdated seat.

The allegations towards Moore come amid a nationwide reckoning over misdeeds by highly effective males in media, enterprise and politics.

Just Tuesday, longtime Michigan Rep. John Conyers acknowledged that his workplace settled a sexual harassment grievance involving a former staffer, although he “vehemently” denied allegations within the grievance.

BuzzFeed reported that Conyers’ workplace paid a lady greater than $27,000 underneath a confidentiality settlement to settle a grievance in 2015 that she was fired from his Washington workers as a result of she rejected the Democrat’s sexual advances.

Trump mentioned he was “very completely happy” that girls are talking out about their experiences.

“I feel it is a very particular time as a result of a whole lot of issues are popping out, and I feel that is good for our society and I feel it’s totally, superb for ladies,” he mentioned.

More than a dozen ladies got here ahead within the waning days of the 2016 presidential election to say that Trump had sexually assaulted or harassed them over time. He denied it. A tape was additionally launched catching him boasting in 2005 that he may seize ladies’s personal elements with impunity. “When you are a star, they allow you to do it,” Trump mentioned on the “Access Hollywood” tape.

Trump, who has mentioned all of his accusers lied, declined to reply Tuesday when requested why he doesn’t imagine Moore’s accusers.

Jones, Moore’s senatorial opponent, served as a federal prosecutor in Alabama, the place he introduced prices towards two Ku Klux Klan members over their roles in killing 4 women within the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.

Jones started airing a brand new advert Monday that options statements made by Sessions, Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby and first daughter Ivanka Trump responding to the allegations towards Moore.

Shelby, a fellow Republican, mentioned he’ll “completely not” vote for Moore. Ivanka Trump mentioned there’s “a particular place in hell” for individuals who prey on kids.

“I’ve but to see a sound rationalization, and I’ve no motive to doubt the victims’ accounts,” Ivanka Trump informed the AP final week.

The advert was the primary direct assault by the Jones camp towards Moore on the allegations.

Moore’s camp has begun firing again on the media and one of many accusers. His marketing campaign held a day information convention to vigorously query the account of Beverly Nelson, who mentioned Moore assaulted her when she was a 16-year-old waitress.

The marketing campaign quoted two former restaurant workers and a former buyer who mentioned they didn’t keep in mind Nelson working there or Moore consuming there.

___

AP writers Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama, and Corey Williams in Detroit contributed.

Previous Post

Mugabe leaves legacy of economic ruin, upheaval in Zimbabwe

Next Post

Teen idol David Cassidy, 'Partridge Family' star, dies at 67

Related Posts

Trump all but endorses GOP’s Moore despite sex accusations

Trump all but endorses GOP’s Moore despite sex accusations

by Ronald Soto
November 21, 2017
0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Silent for more than a week, President Donald Trump all but endorsed embattled Alabama Republican Senate nominee...

FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules

FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules

by Vera Witkowski
November 21, 2017
0

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission set out Tuesday to scrap rules around open...

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

by Tonya Fields
November 21, 2017
0

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information...

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

by Vera Witkowski
November 21, 2017
0

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. FCC CHIEF...

Teen idol David Cassidy, ‘Partridge Family’ star, dies at 67

Teen idol David Cassidy, ‘Partridge Family’ star, dies at 67

by Mark Casillas
November 21, 2017
0

NEW YORK (AP) — David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom "The Partridge Family"...

Mugabe leaves legacy of economic ruin, upheaval in Zimbabwe

Mugabe leaves legacy of economic ruin, upheaval in Zimbabwe

by Vera Witkowski
November 21, 2017
0

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — From widely acclaimed liberator of his nation to despotic dictator, Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule of Zimbabwe has...

Next Post
Teen idol David Cassidy, ‘Partridge Family’ star, dies at 67

Teen idol David Cassidy, 'Partridge Family' star, dies at 67

Recommended

Lynn Tilton Accused of Withholding Funds After Portfolio Defaults

Lynn Tilton Accused of Withholding Funds After Portfolio Defaults

1 year ago
AT&T Wants to Get Vertical With Time Warner. Is That a Problem?

AT&T Wants to Get Vertical With Time Warner. Is That a Problem?

1 year ago

Popular News

  • Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

    Camila Mendes From “Riverdale” Wants Twitter To Know That She Has Nothing To Do With Shawn Mendes And Camila Cabello

    199 shares
    Share 80 Tweet 50
  • We got a good look at the interstellar asteroid and it’s weird

    259 shares
    Share 104 Tweet 65
  • You Won’t Believe The Truth Behind Sugar Jones’ “Days Like That”

    304 shares
    Share 122 Tweet 76
  • OMG What Was This Catholic School Thinking When It Approved This Statue????

    328 shares
    Share 131 Tweet 82
  • Nov. 21 is one of the best days in Nintendo history

    224 shares
    Share 90 Tweet 56
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Ad Choices
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
SUBMIT

© 2018 Los Angeles Record

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • World
  • Business
  • Science
  • National
  • Entertainment
  • Gaming
  • Movie
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Fashion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Tech
  • Health
  • Food

© 2018 Los Angeles Record

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In