Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32

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GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children

 

GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children

By Oliver Willis   |NOVEMBER 9, 2017

 

Trying to preempt a bombshell story with accusations of child molestation, Alabama GOP nominee Roy Moore went to Steve Bannon's Breitbart to try to head off the news story.

GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

 

Roy Moore, the Republican Party’s senate candidate in Alabama, went to Steve Bannon’s Breitbart in an attempt to head off accusations of child molestation that are now surfacing.

Moore has been an icon of the conservative movement for years. He has beat the drum in opposition to marriage equality between consenting adults, claiming it would lead to “multiple marriages” or possibly “marriages between men and their daughters or women and their sons.”

 

 

Moore now stands accused of child molestation, and has been caught desperately trying to get his conservative allies to cover up the bombshell news story for him.

An email inquiry from a Washington Post reporter was forwarded to Breitbart, which quickly put together a storydefending Moore. The right-wing propaganda site positioned the serious allegations against Moore as coming after the Post’s editorial board endorsed Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate.

But the effort is likely to backfire, and underlines the seriousness of the claims against Moore.

 

The Post reports that Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old, Moore, who was 32 at the time, “told her how pretty she was and kissed her.” In another visit with Moore, the paper reports that she says he “took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes” and “guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.”

Three other women also told the paper that when they were between the ages of 16 and 18, Moore pursued them with sexual intentions. The paper interviewed the women, documenting a pattern of predatory behavior based on their recollections of what Moore did.

The Post reports that all four women were “reluctant to speak publicly but chose to do so after multiple interviews, saying they thought it was important for people to know about their interactions with Moore.”

The Post’s report is based on weeks of investigation and interviews with dozens of people.

The conservative movement has mobilized behind Moore in the contest to take the open Senate seat in Alabama. Bannon pushed in favor of Moore during the primary, while the Trump White House pushed for Luther Strange, who currently holds the seat.

Other influential conservatives, like Sarah Palin and former Trump staffer (and Nazi sympathizer) Sebastian Gorka have also been a part of the Moore push.

Trump lost that battle within the conservative family, and thanks to Moore’s extremist past, opened up a path to victory for the Democrats.

The actions described by the women run in strong contrast to Democrat Jones and his work with children. Jones prosecuted the Klansmen who killed 4 little girls at 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama. He described his work on that case as “the most important thing I have done.”

Moore denied the allegations, and gave the paper a conspiratorial denial noting, “These allegations are completely false and are a desperate political attack by the National Democrat Party and the Washington Post on this campaign.”

He also echoed Donald Trump, who has similarly been accused of serial sexual assault, characterizing the news story as “fake news.”

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4 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children

 

GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children

By Oliver Willis   |NOVEMBER 9, 2017

 

Trying to preempt a bombshell story with accusations of child molestation, Alabama GOP nominee Roy Moore went to Steve Bannon's Breitbart to try to head off the news story.

GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

 

Roy Moore, the Republican Party’s senate candidate in Alabama, went to Steve Bannon’s Breitbart in an attempt to head off accusations of child molestation that are now surfacing.

Moore has been an icon of the conservative movement for years. He has beat the drum in opposition to marriage equality between consenting adults, claiming it would lead to “multiple marriages” or possibly “marriages between men and their daughters or women and their sons.”

 

 

Moore now stands accused of child molestation, and has been caught desperately trying to get his conservative allies to cover up the bombshell news story for him.

An email inquiry from a Washington Post reporter was forwarded to Breitbart, which quickly put together a storydefending Moore. The right-wing propaganda site positioned the serious allegations against Moore as coming after the Post’s editorial board endorsed Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate.

But the effort is likely to backfire, and underlines the seriousness of the claims against Moore.

 

The Post reports that Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old, Moore, who was 32 at the time, “told her how pretty she was and kissed her.” In another visit with Moore, the paper reports that she says he “took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes” and “guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.”

Three other women also told the paper that when they were between the ages of 16 and 18, Moore pursued them with sexual intentions. The paper interviewed the women, documenting a pattern of predatory behavior based on their recollections of what Moore did.

The Post reports that all four women were “reluctant to speak publicly but chose to do so after multiple interviews, saying they thought it was important for people to know about their interactions with Moore.”

The Post’s report is based on weeks of investigation and interviews with dozens of people.

The conservative movement has mobilized behind Moore in the contest to take the open Senate seat in Alabama. Bannon pushed in favor of Moore during the primary, while the Trump White House pushed for Luther Strange, who currently holds the seat.

Other influential conservatives, like Sarah Palin and former Trump staffer (and Nazi sympathizer) Sebastian Gorka have also been a part of the Moore push.

Trump lost that battle within the conservative family, and thanks to Moore’s extremist past, opened up a path to victory for the Democrats.

The actions described by the women run in strong contrast to Democrat Jones and his work with children. Jones prosecuted the Klansmen who killed 4 little girls at 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama. He described his work on that case as “the most important thing I have done.”

Moore denied the allegations, and gave the paper a conspiratorial denial noting, “These allegations are completely false and are a desperate political attack by the National Democrat Party and the Washington Post on this campaign.”

He also echoed Donald Trump, who has similarly been accused of serial sexual assault, characterizing the news story as “fake news.”

I have never been a fan of Moore

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Wow!

Our children and grandchildren’s futures are on the line. So rest assured — I will NEVER GIVE UP the fight! (4/4) #ALSen 

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Judge Roy Moore

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Judge Moore's wife has told Steve Deace they intend to pursue legal action against the WaPo. Good luck with that-the article used 30 sources.

Hannity is blaming the Republican "establishment" for the "fake news" allegations.

Lock them both up!

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So Moore has tweeted 4 times but not once denied the allegations.

 

Hannity needs to be investigated...

 

And he has one encounter with a 14 year old—“ “And it was consensual—“ “And it was consensual, that’s true.” —Sean Hannity, USA, 2017 twitter.com/mmfa/sta…

Liz Meriwether.

 

the executives at Fox state news must be regretting their wall to wall coverage of Weinstein...

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Hannity doesn't appear to be aware of the fact that "consensual" sex with a minor is still rape.

 

wonder what's in Steve King's closet? He has come out swinging for the alleged child molestor.

Judge Roy Moore told to withdraw by Senators who won’t or can’t help move Trump agenda. pgj.cc/N4aqS8

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(Steve King)

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Uggh!

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/09/roy-moore-teenagers-report-fundraising-244761

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Paul Reynolds, the Republican National Committeeman from Alabama, told The Hill that something about the timing of the accusation and the Post’s role breaking the story “doesn’t smell right.”

“My gosh, it's The Washington Post. If I’ve got a choice of putting my welfare into the hands of Putin or The Washington Post, Putin wins every time,” he said.

“This is going to make Roy Moore supporters step up to the plate and give more, work more and pray more."

Jonathan Gray, an Alabama Republican strategist, noted that Alabama Republicans are not willing to put their Senate seat at risk, arguing that they’d rather vote for anyone over a Democrat.

“I think they’d rather put Satan up there and then get him removed in the next election than lose the chance to correct what they think has been an injustice for eight years,” Gray told The Hill. 

Quoting the Bible, Alabama state auditor and Moore supporter Jim Zeigler told The Washington Examiner that there is “nothing immoral or illegal here.”

“Maybe just a little bit unusual,” he admitted. 

Zeigler compared the allegations to Biblical relationships.

“Take Joseph and Mary,” Zeigler told the Examiner. “Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus." 

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359715-gop-scrambles-to-respond-to-moore-allegations

good grief!

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We live in a whacky world. This might make the judge more popular

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39 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Paul Reynolds, the Republican National Committeeman from Alabama, told The Hill that something about the timing of the accusation and the Post’s role breaking the story “doesn’t smell right.”

“My gosh, it's The Washington Post. If I’ve got a choice of putting my welfare into the hands of Putin or The Washington Post, Putin wins every time,” he said.

“This is going to make Roy Moore supporters step up to the plate and give more, work more and pray more."

Jonathan Gray, an Alabama Republican strategist, noted that Alabama Republicans are not willing to put their Senate seat at risk, arguing that they’d rather vote for anyone over a Democrat.

“I think they’d rather put Satan up there and then get him removed in the next election than lose the chance to correct what they think has been an injustice for eight years,” Gray told The Hill. 

Quoting the Bible, Alabama state auditor and Moore supporter Jim Zeigler told The Washington Examiner that there is “nothing immoral or illegal here.”

“Maybe just a little bit unusual,” he admitted. 

Zeigler compared the allegations to Biblical relationships.

“Take Joseph and Mary,” Zeigler told the Examiner. “Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus." 

Speechless.

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5 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children

 

GOP nominee Roy Moore runs to Breitbart to try to kill story about him molesting children

By Oliver Willis   |NOVEMBER 9, 2017

 

Trying to preempt a bombshell story with accusations of child molestation, Alabama GOP nominee Roy Moore went to Steve Bannon's Breitbart to try to head off the news story.

GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore

(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

 

Roy Moore, the Republican Party’s senate candidate in Alabama, went to Steve Bannon’s Breitbart in an attempt to head off accusations of child molestation that are now surfacing.

Moore has been an icon of the conservative movement for years. He has beat the drum in opposition to marriage equality between consenting adults, claiming it would lead to “multiple marriages” or possibly “marriages between men and their daughters or women and their sons.”

 

 

Moore now stands accused of child molestation, and has been caught desperately trying to get his conservative allies to cover up the bombshell news story for him.

An email inquiry from a Washington Post reporter was forwarded to Breitbart, which quickly put together a storydefending Moore. The right-wing propaganda site positioned the serious allegations against Moore as coming after the Post’s editorial board endorsed Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate.

But the effort is likely to backfire, and underlines the seriousness of the claims against Moore.

 

The Post reports that Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old, Moore, who was 32 at the time, “told her how pretty she was and kissed her.” In another visit with Moore, the paper reports that she says he “took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes” and “guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.”

Three other women also told the paper that when they were between the ages of 16 and 18, Moore pursued them with sexual intentions. The paper interviewed the women, documenting a pattern of predatory behavior based on their recollections of what Moore did.

The Post reports that all four women were “reluctant to speak publicly but chose to do so after multiple interviews, saying they thought it was important for people to know about their interactions with Moore.”

The Post’s report is based on weeks of investigation and interviews with dozens of people.

The conservative movement has mobilized behind Moore in the contest to take the open Senate seat in Alabama. Bannon pushed in favor of Moore during the primary, while the Trump White House pushed for Luther Strange, who currently holds the seat.

Other influential conservatives, like Sarah Palin and former Trump staffer (and Nazi sympathizer) Sebastian Gorka have also been a part of the Moore push.

Trump lost that battle within the conservative family, and thanks to Moore’s extremist past, opened up a path to victory for the Democrats.

The actions described by the women run in strong contrast to Democrat Jones and his work with children. Jones prosecuted the Klansmen who killed 4 little girls at 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama. He described his work on that case as “the most important thing I have done.”

Moore denied the allegations, and gave the paper a conspiratorial denial noting, “These allegations are completely false and are a desperate political attack by the National Democrat Party and the Washington Post on this campaign.”

He also echoed Donald Trump, who has similarly been accused of serial sexual assault, characterizing the news story as “fake news.”

 

Maybe he will take the Trump defense: <sarcasm>These women all let him touch them and kiss them. He was powerful, and women go for powerful men </sarcasm>

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10 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

Maybe he will take the Trump defense: <sarcasm>These women all let him touch them and kiss them. He was powerful, and women go for powerful men </sarcasm>

He took dear leader's other defense : Fake news.  Problem is he will find himself to be the fake and the fake follow the fake.

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https://thinkprogress.org/this-is-what-roy-moore-has-said-about-child-abuse-and-sexual-assault-c844cf8ff480/

 

hmm..the allegations put Moore's 2015 child rape case in a different light. as a judge he was the lone dissenting voice, essentially arguing against the legal premise of statutory rape (8-1 decision)

WSJ has reached out to people quoted in WaPo story, and they say "This is not fake news" "it happened"

Fox Pundit is going for the "almost all women who claim sexually assaulted are liars" approach.

ugh.

Bound to be more stories coming out.

lock him up!