Roy Moore is unfit for office, Maryland's Republican governor says

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Maryland governor Larry Hogan delivered his harshest criticism to date against a fellow Republican early Saturday calling for Alabama candidate Roy Moore to withdraw from the U.S. Senate special election and breaking the silence of his state party.

Maryland Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) — who endorsed Moore — were mum this week after the Washington Post reported that the then-Alabama district attorney had had sexual contact with four minors when he was in his 30s. 

Moore attended Veteran’s Day political events in his district on Saturday in which he defiantly dismissed the allegations as “fake news” and called them “deeply hurtful.”

[ Roy Moore’s refusal to exit Senate race reflects dimished power in Washington]

Hogan, in a statement, had sharp words for Moore’s defenders, saying they “should ask themselves if they would be so quick to excuse him if the victim was their daughter or if the offender was a Democrat,” he said through a spokesman.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/md-governor-roy-moore-is-unfit-for-office/2017/11/11/7311afb4-c6fd-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html

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From a spokesman for Alabama's governor: "Governor Ivey is not considering and has no plans to move the special election for U.S. Senate."

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(Alan Binder)

Good news

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3 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

From a spokesman for Alabama's governor: "Governor Ivey is not considering and has no plans to move the special election for U.S. Senate."

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(Alan Binder)

Good news

Can he do that?

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1 hour ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

Can he do that?

This was written before the spokesman gave a statement...

 

approach that Republicans are considering, according to people briefed on the deliberations, would involve asking Gov. Kay Ivey to order a new date for the election, scheduling it for early next year and giving the party time to persuade Mr. Moore to withdraw, or force him out of the race.

Alabama election law requires candidates to withdraw at least 76 days before an election in order to be replaced on the ballot, a deadline Mr. Moore has already missed.

State law gives the governor broad authority to set the date of special elections, and Ms. Ivey, who is a Republican, already rescheduled the Senate election once, after inheriting the governor’s office in April when her predecessor, Robert Bentley, resigned in a sex and corruption scandal. Ms. Ivey’s advisers have not ruled out exercising that power again, according to Republicans in touch with her camp, but she has signaled that she would like reassurances of support from the White House before taking any such step.

A spokesman for the governor did not reply to an email asking about her intentions.

But there is no apparent precedent for rescheduling an election so close to the planned vote, and it is unlikely Ms. Ivey could move the election without a court battle, Republicans acknowledged. But advocates of a delay say at least it could keep the election date tied up in court.

http://www.newsreportonline.com/republicans-try-to-block-moores-path-as-candidate-denies-sexual-misconduct/

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Third GOP senator (Bill Cassidy) pulls his endorsement for Roy Moore.

 

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/BillCassidy

 

Based on the allegations against Roy Moore, his response and what is known, I withdraw support.

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