Post by andie on Nov 9, 2017 20:03:53 GMT
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Allegations of a sexual encounter with a teen hit Roy Moore where it hurts — his righteousness
"It's hard to think of a more damaging story to this particular candidate, at this particular time, than the one The Washington Post just reported about Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. Allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a teen when he was in his 30s directly pierces Moore's decades-long image as a righteous candidate who will bring morality back to American government.
When she was 14 years old and he was 32, Leigh Corfman said Moore brought her to his home and touched her sexually, The Post's Stephanie McCrummen, Beth Reinhard and Alice Crites report. Three other women said that Moore pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s. Two said he offered them alcohol when they were underage.
“Now that I’ve gotten older,” said Wendy Miller, who was 16 when Moore started asking her out, “the idea that a grown man would want to take out a teenager, that’s disgusting to me.”
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Allegations of a sexual encounter with a teen hit Roy Moore where it hurts — his righteousness
"It's hard to think of a more damaging story to this particular candidate, at this particular time, than the one The Washington Post just reported about Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. Allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a teen when he was in his 30s directly pierces Moore's decades-long image as a righteous candidate who will bring morality back to American government.
When she was 14 years old and he was 32, Leigh Corfman said Moore brought her to his home and touched her sexually, The Post's Stephanie McCrummen, Beth Reinhard and Alice Crites report. Three other women said that Moore pursued them when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s. Two said he offered them alcohol when they were underage.
“Now that I’ve gotten older,” said Wendy Miller, who was 16 when Moore started asking her out, “the idea that a grown man would want to take out a teenager, that’s disgusting to me.”
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