The chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee urged Alabama’s newly elected Democratic senator, Doug Jones, to “do the right thing” and vote with Republicans.
“Tonight’s results are clear — the people of Alabama deemed Roy Moore unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate,” Cory Gardner said in a statement.
“I hope Senator-elect Doug Jones will do the right thing and truly represent Alabama by choosing to vote with the Senate Republican Majority.”
NRSC Chairman @CoryGardner on Roy Moore’s defeat in Alabama. pic.twitter.com/l3VKcELsiP
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 13, 2017
Gardner was one of the strongest Republican voices in the Senate calling for the Republican candidate in the race, Roy Moore, to drop out following several reports that he made inappropriate sexual advances on teenagers as an assistant district attorney, including alleged sexual assault.
Gardner cut off NRSC funding to Moore’s campaign and said he would support the Senate expelling Moore if he were elected.