A while back, Ivanka responded to allegations against Roy Moore by saying ‘There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children.’
I agree with her entirely. People who pray on children are the lowest of the low.
However, Roy Moore completely denies having abused his accusers, and President Trump has stayed pretty neutral on the whole thing.
There are now reports that he is LIVID at Ivanka for jumping to condemn Moore.
President Donald Trump is reportedly angry at his daughter for slamming embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Moore, who is now 70, was recently accused by several women that while in his 30s he molested or harassed teenage girls as young as 14.
‘There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children,’ Ivanka said earlier this month.
‘I’ve yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.’ She did not call for Moore to exit the race.
In response to the first-daughter’s comment, Trump asked several aides in the Oval Office, ‘Do you believe this?’ according to the New York Times.
Of course, NYT isn’t entirely committed to fairly reporting on Trump… so a grain of salt may be necessary.
On Sunday, Trump redoubled his support for Moore, ignoring the allegations of sexual harassment plaguing the politician’s Alabama campaign and branding his opponent as weak on crime, the military and immigration.
In an early-morning tweet, Trump added that for Alabamians to elect Moore’s Democratic rival, Doug Jones, in a special election next month ‘would be a disaster!’
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
I endorsed Luther Strange in the Alabama Primary. He shot way up in the polls but it wasn’t enough. Can’t let Schumer/Pelosi win this race. Liberal Jones would be BAD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2017
But many other Republicans have done their best to distance themselves from Moore.
Many members of Trump’s Republican Party have withdrawn support for Moore, with some Republicans suggesting that Moore is elected to the US Senate, he should be removed.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, has called for Moore to drop out, saying: ‘I believe the women.’
McConnell reportedly has pleaded with Trump to stay out of the Alabama race, lest Moore’s election sully the party’s name ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
One Republican senator and sometime Trump critic, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said Sunday that having Moore on the ballot was a lose-lose proposition for the party.
‘If he wins … it becomes a story every day about whether or not you believe the women or Roy Moore. If you lose, you give the Senate seat’ to a Democrat, he said on CNN.
Yup… lose-lose.
So.. was Ivanka wrong to speak up in the way she did?
What’s your take?