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a post on Twitter, Trump said Republicans needed Moore to win in
order to secure votes on key issues such as immigration even as
other Republicans have backed away from the candidate.
"Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is
why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama," he wrote.
Trump's tweet is his strongest endorsement of Moore since the
sexual misconduct accusations surfaced against the former
Alabama judge last month. Moore has called the allegations
false.
The president has repeatedly slammed Moore's Democratic
opponent, former U.S. attorney Doug Jones, but had previously
backed Moore's former Republican rival Luther Strange in line
with Senate Republicans.
"We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border
Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more.
No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!" Trump wrote, referring to
Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
While the Alabama Republican Party has also backed Moore for the
Dec. 12 election, fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate have
continued to distance themselves despite holding a narrow 52-48
majority in the chamber.
Reuters has not independently verified reported allegations by
several women accusing Moore of sexual assault and misconduct
when they were teenagers and Moore was in his early 30s.
Moore, 70, returned to the campaign trail last week with a
speech calling the allegations against him "simply dirty
politics."
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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