51% of the vote in and Moore is ahead 12K votes.
THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN. HE MAY HAVE ACTUALLY FUCKING DONE IT.
What does he mean "write-in votes played a very big factor?" He might as well say "if it wasn't for people voting for Jones, Moore would have won." Is trying to understand Trump logic a fool's errand?Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!
"If it wasn't for many die-hard Republicans being so disgusted by my preferred candidate, he might have won."
Could it be a wink to an upcoming claim that the election was rigged by write in voters and they want a re-count? Moore did not admit defeat on his livestream and says to wait until the « final count » hoping for that 0.5% margin recount (that’s not gonna happen)
How is that babble any more or less coherent than the 'chewbaca' defense?
I actually think it's one of his more well thought out tweets in recent memory. So much so that I highly doubt he wrote it. Trump doesn't congratulate people who beat him; he claims that he won anyway. Compare and contrast to another tweet from last night: That's classic Trump: incoherence; lies; and the ability to claim he was right when he was so wrong.The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!
DOUG JONES WIN!! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/politics/alabama-senate-race-winner.html Alabama has elected a democrat to the senate for the first time in 25 years!
Awesome! I didn't think this would be the outcome, even after Moore was revealed to be a monster as well as a scumbag. There was even a pretty decent turnout, from what I heard. Guess this was a bridge too far even for Alabama.
DEAD TIED. Will now come down to turn out in the big counties.