White House Aide Refuses to Say If Trump Still Supports Roy Moore
Continuous claims by White House staff that President Donald Trump has personally addressed the Roy Moore issue are, in a nutshell, untrue.
Trump has not personally spoken to the media about his opinions on Moore, the U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama accused by more than half a dozen women of sexually assaulting or harassing them when they were teenagers.
Of course, everyone knows that the president himself has been accused of sexually assaulting and harassing twice as many women as have come forward to accuse Moore, so there’s that.
On Sunday, the logical gymnastics being performed by Trump’s people continued, this time with White House legislative director Marc Short. Short was grilled by George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, and appeared to nearly have an aneurysm trying to dodge the host’s questions.
Stephanolpoulos’ inquiries were pretty straightforward. “Does the president have any reason to doubt these young women who are making the allegations?” he asked.
To which Short replied, “George, I think that the vice president has well spoke out against this when the allegations came forth. The president has expressed his concern about this. As you noted, the president has not gone down to Alabama to campaign for Roy Moore since the primary concluded. We have serious concerns about the allegations been made, but we also believe that all of this information is out there for the people of Alabama…The people of Alabama know best what to do and the right decision to make here.”