Even Roy aide says no Moore
Embattled Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s communications director abruptly quit just weeks before the Dec. 12 special election — but would not explain why.
John Rogers confirmed his resignation Wednesday in a phone interview with The Washingtonian, which first reported the story, but declined to offer any explanation.
The move came as sexualmisconduct accusations against the 70-year-old evangelical Christian continued to make headlines.
Two women accused Moore of sexually assaulting them when they were underage teenagers, and another seven have said he either sexually harassed them or pressured them for dates when he was in his 30s and they were teens or in their early 20s.
He has denied the allegations, calling all of the women liars.
But others have offered supporting evidence, including a retired Alabama cop who told ABC News that she was assigned to keep an eye on Moore in the 1980s because he would show up at high-school football games and creep out the cheerleaders.
“We were also told to watch him at the ballgames, and make sure that he didn’t, you know, hang around with the cheerleaders,” said Faye Gary, who was an officer at the Gadsden Police Department for 37 years.
Meanwhile, a PAC supporting Moore hopes President Trump’s implicit endorsement translates into a pile of campaign cash.
A Thanksgiving-themed e-mail with the subject line “Giving thanks for YOU and OUR PRESIDENT!” praised Trump, who on Tuesday discounted the sexualassault allegations against Moore and said voters must not support his “liberal Democrat” rival.
“We are thankful that his last words before leaving the White House to celebrate Thanksgiving were the strong words of support for Roy Moore,” read the e-mail from the group Solution Fund PAC.
After staying silent for more than a week, Trump implicitly endorsed Moore as he departed Washington on Tuesday, telling reporters, “We don’t need a liberal person in there,” referring to Democrat Doug Jones.