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Sen. Roy Moore? What the GOP Can Expect
If Roy Moore becomes Alabama’s next senator, he can bring his gun to the Capitol, but it can’t be loaded and must be securely wrapped.
The gun-toting, Bible-quoting, conservative firebrand will likely shake up the Senate whether he can wave his firearm around or not.
Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, made headlines this week when he took out his gun at a campaign rally the night before the Republican primary runoff in the race to succeed former Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is now attorney general.
It was not the first time Moore brought out a gun at a campaign event. But on Monday he did so to defy accusations, levied by allies of GOP leaders who did not support his candidacy, that he does not support the Second Amendment.
Overcoming the millions of dollars spent on attack ads against him, Moore sailed to victory Tuesday night. He defeated Sen. Luther Strange, who had been appointed to the seat.
Moore is favored to win the Dec. 12 general election in the Republican state, despite some of his controversial past comments. He will face Democrat Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney.
Moore is well known in the Yellowhammer State. He gained national attention in the mid-2000s when he fought, unsuccessfully, to keep a Ten Commandments monument at the state’s Supreme Court. Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the race Likely Republican.
How exactly Moore would fit into the GOP conference remains to be seen, but some lawmakers said the outspoken former judge might have a tough time finding his stride as one of 100 senators.
“I think it’s going to be a difficult transition,” Alabama GOP Rep. Gary Palmer said. “As a judge he had a gavel. And over there he’s not going to have a gavel.”
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Sen. Roy Moore? What the GOP Can Expect
If Roy Moore becomes Alabama’s next senator, he can bring his gun to the Capitol, but it can’t be loaded and must be securely wrapped.
The gun-toting, Bible-quoting, conservative firebrand will likely shake up the Senate whether he can wave his firearm around or not.
Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, made headlines this week when he took out his gun at a campaign rally the night before the Republican primary runoff in the race to succeed former Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is now attorney general.
It was not the first time Moore brought out a gun at a campaign event. But on Monday he did so to defy accusations, levied by allies of GOP leaders who did not support his candidacy, that he does not support the Second Amendment.
Overcoming the millions of dollars spent on attack ads against him, Moore sailed to victory Tuesday night. He defeated Sen. Luther Strange, who had been appointed to the seat.
Moore is favored to win the Dec. 12 general election in the Republican state, despite some of his controversial past comments. He will face Democrat Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney.
Moore is well known in the Yellowhammer State. He gained national attention in the mid-2000s when he fought, unsuccessfully, to keep a Ten Commandments monument at the state’s Supreme Court. Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the race Likely Republican.
How exactly Moore would fit into the GOP conference remains to be seen, but some lawmakers said the outspoken former judge might have a tough time finding his stride as one of 100 senators.
“I think it’s going to be a difficult transition,” Alabama GOP Rep. Gary Palmer said. “As a judge he had a gavel. And over there he’s not going to have a gavel.”
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Sen. Roy Moore? What the GOP Can Expect