GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore still has no intention of conceding the race to Democrat Doug Jones after Tuesday’s election.
The Associated Press reports that Moore sent out an email on Friday to his supporters telling them that “this battle is NOT OVER!” and asked them for contributions to his “election integrity fund.” The former judge said his campaign is planning to send “numerous reported cases of voter fraud” to Alabama’s secretary of state, John Merrill.
However, Merrill has already expressed skepticism about Moore’s chances of a surprise victory.
“I know a lot of people would say it’s never over until it’s over, but the margin of victory for Doug Jones at this time looks like a difficult amount of votes to overcome as the remaining votes out that are there to be counted next week begin to be considered at the local level,” the state secretary told CNN on Wednesday.
Moore released a video the day after the election declaring that he wasn’t giving up, arguing that yet-uncounted provisional and military ballots could swing the race in his favor.
Several other Republican leaders have called for Moore to give it up, including President Donald Trump.
Trump, who heartily endorsed Moore during the race, said Friday that the former judge should “certainly” concede to Jones. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said during a Fox interview that it was time to accept that Moore had lost.
Senator-elect Doug Jones said he understands “the frustration a little bit,” but “look, it’s time to move on.”
Voter Fraud === Too many black votes.
Grifters gotta grift.
If PP had lost, he would have done the same fucking thing. They need to prime the grift pump. ( I Invented that BTW -believe me)
Someone needs to go to Urban Dictionary and add Roy Moore to the definition of WATB.
Just send me all your money and we can fix this. Hurry though - time is running!