More Senate GOPers Call For Moore To Quit After McConnell Opens Floodgates

North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis makes a comment during a live televised debate at WECT studios in Wilmington, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, Pool)
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Two more Republican senators on Monday joined a flood of lawmakers calling for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore to drop out of his race amid allegations that Moore sexually pursued teenage girls while he was in his 30s.

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) on Monday said the Senate must “act to protect the integrity” of the chamber if Moore does not drop out.

“Roy Moore should immediately drop out of the race,” Young tweeted. “If he does not step aside, we need to act to protect the integrity of the Senate.”

He said the allegations that five women have made against Moore are “far more persuasive” than Moore’s denial that he ever engaged in such behavior.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) also called on Moore to “immediately withdraw from the race.”

Tillis’ and Young’s comments came after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on Monday for Moore to “step aside.” Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) also called for Moore to withdraw from the race after McConnell’s remarks, and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Cory Gardner (R-CO) on Monday called on the Senate to “expel” Moore if he refuses to withdraw and wins the race.

A fifth woman came forward Monday with allegations of misconduct against Moore. Beverly Young Nelson told reporters that Moore sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager and left bruises on her neck when she resisted.

Moore has denied the allegations against him.

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  1. So… none of these assholes called for him to quit after he was thrown off the Alabama SC TWICE?

  2. Sounds like they know there’s a plan to keep the seat red.

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Sure seems like McConnell holds their morals in the palm of his hand. Strange place for it I dare say.

  4. And how many of these Senators will – if Moore persists and is elected – have the courage to vote for his expulsion from the Senate? My money’s on Susan Collins, and no one else. Moore was manifestly unfit to run for the Senate before all this unsavory news broke, and that didn’t bother any of them.

  5. Avatar for tena tena says:

    Scroll up and read @austin_dave 's comment - I think he’s right. This is about keeping the seat in the GOP.

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