Jones assails Moore in Birmingham speech
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Jones faces Moore, a former state
That's largely due to the ongoing controversy about Moore, an outspoken religious conservative who was twice relieved of his duties as chief justice -- once for ignoring a court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument, and later for defying the
Moore has denied the allegations, characterizing them as an election ploy by
The Democrat's Tuesday speech appeared to be an attempt to bring the conversation back to his campaign. A former
"It's never too late for the truth to be told," he said. "It's never too late for a man to be held accountable for his crimes."
He quickly pivoted to Moore. Even before the allegations against the Republican emerged, Jones said, Moore had proven himself unable to work with others and unable to solve problems like the congressional impasse over the
Jones then turned to the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore, saying that voters should view the allegations as parents and grandparents, not through a jaded political lens. A vote for Moore, he said, would tell girls their stories of abuse will not be believed and would tell boys they can abuse with impunity if they're powerful enough.
"I damn sure believe I have done my part to make sure that men who hurt little girls should go to jail and not the
Moore dipped in the polls after the allegations against him surfaced, but in recent polls he seems to have bounced back.
"When you see me with a gun, folks, I'll be climbing in and out of a deer stand or a turkey blind, not prancing around on a stage in a cowboy suit," he said.
Moore donned a cowboy hat and brandished a pistol in a campaign appearance during the Republican runoff.
Attempts to reach the Moore campaign for comment weren't immediately successful. Moore is expected to make an appearance with former Trump adviser
Jones didn't take questions from the press after his speech. He held the speech, before a row of flags, in a small venue, with little publicity before the event. Members of the crowd, mostly
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"One of the under-told stories of this campaign is the power is how much clout a centrist vote holds in the
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