Having read the detailed description of the incidents, as well as the response from Judge Moore and his campaign, I can no longer endorse his candidacy for the US Senate.
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) November 10, 2017
Innocent until proven guilty is for criminal convictions, not elections. I believe Leigh Corfman. Her account is too serious to ignore. Moore is unfit for office and should step aside.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) November 10, 2017
Basically the pro-Moore Right is offering a spectacularly disgraceful lesson in the logical fallacy that C.S. Lewis called “Bulverism”
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) November 11, 2017
#RoyMooreDenials I vehemently deny ever using poor-quality wine to ply a teenager
— Customary Popehat Behavior (@Popehat) November 11, 2017
Alabama Republican Roy Moore to Hannity: “I don’t remember dating any girl without the permission of her mother.”
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) November 10, 2017
The testimony of a percipient witness is evidence. You may have a special personal definition of evidence that excludes eyewitness testimony. Your definition is wrong and you are dumb.
— Customary Popehat Behavior (@Popehat) November 10, 2017
A bit weary of people saying “I now see that Romney wasn’t a misogynist Nazi and that Bill Clinton was a predator.” Retroactive nonpartisanship is low-cost. Real-time nonpartisanship is hard.
— Adrian Vermeule (@avermeule) November 10, 2017
Think about this: It’s more likely than not that two of our last four presidents have committed sexual assault. https://t.co/dJVuQGL3Of
— David French (@DavidAFrench) November 10, 2017
In 24 hours, Roy Moore has gone from “fake news and intentional defamation” to “out of my customary behaviour” and “not generally.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 10, 2017
“Leather Cowboy Fetish” of Alabama province senator Roy Moore is said to be completely normal amongst US men, and not indicative of perversions. pic.twitter.com/u3EDniAive
— DPRK News Service [OFFICIAL AND AUTHORIZED] (@DPRK_News) November 10, 2017
Back in the day, Cardinal Law said the Globe was just out to get the Church. Now Alabama GOPers & fellow travelers are repurposing that strategy. https://t.co/LAUe0Uds2Y
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) November 10, 2017
Hannity asked Moore if he dated teenagers when he was in his 30s:
Moore:”It would’ve been out of my customary behavior”
— Nathan McDermott (@natemcdermott) November 10, 2017
The sexual revolution just isn’t working out like the boomers said it would.
— barton swaim (@bartonswaim) November 10, 2017
Will Evangelicals show themselves wicked and condemnable, as has David Horowitz?
If a tribe can’t condemn wicked acts from within, the risk level is high that it’s a wicked and condemnable tribe.
— C. C. Pecknold (@ccpecknold) November 11, 2017
In my view Moore is guilty as accused. But 1) it happened 30 years ago, & 2) he can’t be removed from the ballot, & 3) electing a Dem strengthens a party that defends these criminals: Obama, the Clintons, Holder, Lynch, Abedin, Cheryl Mills etc. &their crimes are far far worse
— David Horowitz (@horowitz39) November 10, 2017
I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while. Evangelicals are trusting in bad men over a holy God. A reckoning will come: https://t.co/HQ8prNQDRU
— David French (@DavidAFrench) November 10, 2017
“If we have to support pedophilia to finally teach you coastal elites a lesson about respecting our values, so be it” https://t.co/HBpOAwIlk7
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 10, 2017
It’s gut-wrenching how many people would sooner believe a conspiracy theory than multiple women with nothing to gain. https://t.co/cSyICteER1
— Kat Timpf (@KatTimpf) November 10, 2017
The gears of God grind slowly but they grind exceeding fine.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) November 10, 2017