Trump says U.S. Senate candidate Moore should leave race if allegations true
Roy Moore
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump finds  the sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore “troubling”  and thinks he should leave the race if  they  are true  the White House said on Thursday  as party leaders in Alabama stood by their nominee.
 Judge Roy Moore  speaks as  he  participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills  Alabama  U.S.  November 11  2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
Trump’s position did not go as far as other Republican leaders in Washington who have said they believe the women accusing the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice and have demanded  Moore  withdraw from the race before the Dec. 12 vote.
“The president said in his statement earlier this week that if the allegations are true  then  Roy Moore  should step aside. He still firmly believes that ” she said.
Asked if the president’s endorsement of  Moore  still stands  Sanders said Trump thinks Alabama voters should decide the winner of the race.
In the past week  multiple women have accused  Moore  of sexual improprieties or unwanted romantic advances they said occurred decades ago. Some of the women were teenagers at the time  and he was in his 30s.
Before the allegations surfaced   Moore  was heavily favored to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the special election next month.
 Moore  scored a decisive Republican primary victory in September over Luther Strange  who was appointed to fill the vacant seat after Jeff Sessions became U.S. attorney general earlier this year.
Trump backed Strange in the primary but threw his support to  Moore  after Strange’s defeat.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump finds  the sexual misconduct allegations against [TGT] “troubling”  and thinks he should leave the race if  they  are true  the White House said on Thursday  as party leaders in Alabama stood by their nominee.
 [TGT]speaks as  [TGT]  participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills  Alabama  U.S.  November 11  2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
Trump’s position did not go as far as other Republican leaders in Washington who have said they believe the women accusing the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice and have demanded  [TGT]withdraw from the race before the Dec. 12 vote.
“The president said in his statement earlier this week that if the allegations are true  then  [TGT]should step aside. He still firmly believes that ” she said.
Asked if the president’s endorsement of [TGT]still stands  Sanders said Trump thinks Alabama voters should decide the winner of the race.
In the past week  multiple women have accused  Moore  of sexual improprieties or unwanted romantic advances they said occurred decades ago. Some of the women were teenagers at the time  and he was in his 30s.
Before the allegations surfaced   [TGT]was heavily favored to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the special election next month.
 [TGT]scored a decisive Republican primary victory in September over Luther Strange  who was appointed to fill the vacant seat after Jeff Sessions became U.S. attorney general earlier this year.
Trump backed Strange in the primary but threw his support to [TGT]after Strange’s defeat.