Roy Moore Gets Trump Endorsement and R.N.C. Funding for Senate Race
Paula Cobia, a lawyer for another of Mr. Moore’s accusers, said Mr. Trump was being hypocritical in advocating a border wall to keep
out criminals while endorsing a Senate candidate “with multiple accusations against him for child molestation and sexual predation.”
Hours later, Ms. Cobia released a statement on behalf of Gloria Deason, who said
that she dated Mr. Moore when she was 18 and that Mr. Moore lied when he said he did not know his accusers.
It said that Mr. Moore, a Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Alabama, lied
when he said he did not know the women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
“We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V. A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more.”
Mr. Trump’s endorsement and the party’s reversal hours later came a day after Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, had stepped
back from his earlier criticism of Mr. Moore, saying Alabama voters should “make the call” on whether to send Mr. Moore to the Senate.
AUBURN, Ala. — President Trump on Monday strongly endorsed Roy S. Moore, the Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat here, prompting
the Republican National Committee to restore its support for a candidate accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls.
Nine women have come forward in recent weeks to describe their encounters with Mr. Moore, including a woman who said
that Mr. Moore molested her when she was 14 years old.