President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted his congratulations to Democratic Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D-AL), calling Jones’ victory “hard fought.”
Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2017
Trump had endorsed Republican Roy Moore in the general election, after endorsing interim Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the Republican primary. Both men endorsed by the President lost in deep-red Alabama.
Trump campaigned hard against Jones, tweeting frequent attacks against him and in support of his opponent, despite revelations that Moore allegedly initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old as an assistant district attorney, among other allegations.
Trump recorded a robocall for Moore and invited Alabamians to a nearby rally in Pensacola, Florida, among a slew of other appeals, all to no avail.
Trump campaigned hard against Moore, tweeting frequent attacks against him and in support of his opponent, despite revelations that Moore allegedly initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old as an assistant district attorney, among other allegations.
I think the writer means to say that 45 campaigned hard against Jones. Error in context?
Well it’s not 3 am yet.
Commented on this on another thread. I cannot for the life of me believe donie is the author of this tweet. Just too much evidence that he is incapable of writing this (and not just because it appears to have been written by a non-madman, but because it’s coherent). By tomorrow, we’ll be seeing tweets that tell us how he really feels.
ETA:
A sampling of Foxnews.com headlines tonight (yes, I braved out of morbid curiosity). The main article is moore, but the rest is paranoid conspiracy mongering against Dems, cheap titillation (the sharks), and racist drivel (the guy every fox news devotee loves to hate: Kaepernick ).
Alabama elects its first Democrat to the Senate in decades after rollercoaster battle
‘A LOATHSOME HUMAN’
Texts between ex-Mueller team members emerge calling Trump ‘an idiot’
READ: Ex-Mueller aides’ texts revealed
Turley on Mueller probe: Congress should investigate the investigation
NOT WELCOME
Washington Post reporters barred from Moore event snap photos from outside
Caldwell: A Roy Moore win would be ‘an upset for the ages’
ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES
Florida boaters seen in viral shark dragging video face felony counts
Outrage from officers as Kaepernick makes surprise visit to meet NY prison inmates
‘IT WAS INSULTING’
Outrage from officers as Kaepernick makes surprise visit to meet NY prison inmates
Suck. It. Suck it hard, suck it long, suck it seven ways to Sunday. Even Alabama doesn’t like you (or Judge Aqualung).
He has probably been asleep for two hours.