President Trump has always been clear about his preference for winners. And embattled former Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore is no exception.
Speaking to reporters at the White House Friday morning, Trump said Moore should “certainly” concede to his Democratic opponent Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D-AL).
“I think he should. He tried,” he said, responding to questions about whether Moore should give it up. “I want to support, I always want to support the person running, we need the seat, and we would like to have the seat, but I think we are doing very well on the taxes and we will see what happens. … It will be the biggest tax decrease or tax cut in the history of our country, but as far as Roy Moore, yeah, it’s— I would certainly say, yeah, he should.”
The White House took a similar stance on Thursday. When asked if he should concede, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said “it should have already taken place.”
Jones beat Moore by 1.5 percentage points, according to unofficial results, but Moore has refused to concede. On Wednesday night, his campaign released a video of Moore suggesting that provisional and military ballots could still change the outcome of the results. The Alabama secretary of state has not yet certified the ballot results, but has already said that it’s unlikely that Moore could win given the current margin of the race.
Ooh, that’s gonna leave a mark on old RoyBoy…
Yeah but what does Bannon think? We all know he’s the brains of the outfit.
Rapey McTraitorson can’t distance himself fast enough. Thinks Moore makes him look bad. They’re just not that into you, Roy.
Why is such an issue being made of whether or not Moore concedes? It means nothing either way. I think it’s rather funny that Moore is proving himself to be such a petulant child. Everyone is moving on and Roy’s standing in the corner stomping his little cowboy boots and holding his breath. Just turn out the lights and close the door on him.
Please tell me that there are people who talk like this who don’t have dementia?