Roy Moore TV Ad Slams Allegations

Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Alabama, released a TV ad Monday that targets allegations against him, calling them a "scheme by liberal elites and the Republican establishment," according to The Hill.

"Five state campaigns. Forty years of honorable service. Roy Moore has been intensely scrutinized, and not a hint of scandal . . . but four weeks before the election, false allegations— a scheme by liberal elites and the Republican establishment to protect their big government trough," the ad's narrator said, according to The Hill.

The ad refers to allegations in The Washington Post that Roy Moore had inappropriate sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s. Other women later came forward with claims about Moore's conduct, according to the Post report.

Alabamians will vote Dec. 12 in a special election between Moore and Democrat Doug Jones.

President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted criticism of Jones.

The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military and our great Vets, Bad for our 2nd Amendment, AND WANTS TO RAISES TAXES TO THE SKY. Jones would be a disaster!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2017

Trump will not campaign for Moore, a White House official said Monday.

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