Dem Rep. Says Moore Supporters Posing As Reporters Are Harassing Her Office

UNITED STATES - JULY 28: Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) said Tuesday she has received at least one angry phone call from a Roy Moore supporter claiming to be an Associated Press reporter since she warned the Senate Sergeant at Arms of Roy Moore’s “predatory” behavior.

Gwen Moore tweeted that “another Roy Moore supporter” had called her office pretending to be an AP reporter and “started screaming and called me and my staff the n-word and other racial slurs” when the caller’s cover was blown.

She said she would not “stop speaking out” or be “intimidated” by the calls.

The alleged harassment comes a day after Gwen Moore sent a letter to the Senate Sergeant at Arms, asking Congress to share what “preventative steps are being taken to safeguard Senate Pages from the predatory conduct of U.S. Senators and Senate staff.” She cited Roy Moore specifically, saying he would be a threat to the “safety of the young men and women” in the page program if he were elected.

Roy Moore, who is the Republican candidate in the Alabama Senate race, has been accused of pursuing relationships or making unwanted sexual contact with multiple women when they were teenagers and Roy Moore was in his 30s.

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  1. Thats the way to deal with it!
    Only one tiny quibble…

    You will not shut me down.
    Believe Me

    fify

  2. There is no surprise at this report, the only surprise is that these people feel that they can brazenly act like this. I can’t even conceive that the same nation I live in has bred such inhumanity, or comprehend how people like this think their Christian religion encourages this kind of behavior (these bigots are almost always Christians). I hope one day we can move past these people…right now that’s really the test for our nation, if we can finally overcome this level of hate and ostracize the people behaving this way.

  3. Once their cover was blown they started screaming & called me & my staff the n-word & other racial slurs.

    No doubt as Jesus intended. I’m pretty sure that’s in the Bible somewhere…

  4. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Gwen Moore tweeted that “another Roy Moore supporter” had called her office pretending to be an AP reporter and “started screaming and called me and my staff the n-word and other racial slurs” when the caller’s cover was blown.

    The very flower of Alabama christo-fascists.

    They question is, are their enough sane Alabamans that will stand up today and say this is not what our State is about!

    No, I didn’t think so either.

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