alabama. this isn t virginia where we just had a primary a couple nights ago. he s very popular there. look, i thought that roy moore should drop out of the race before the sex allegations. right. he s not if you re a mainstream conservative, you don t even have to be an establishment republican. he s from a strain of the party, of the movement that you really has no place, i think, in the u.s. senate to begin with. and obviously we have to deal with these specific allegations, but this is also part of a larger story about people who are either unvetted or just frankly not ready for prime time who are being promoted by steve bannon and other forces and thrust now i think here is something. it s less likely it s more likely that other republicans will be attacked and hurt because of roy moore than it is that he would lose in alabama.
alabama. this isn t virginia where we just had a primary a couple nights ago. he s very popular there. look, i thought that roy moore should drop out of the race before the sex allegations. right. he s not if you re a mainstream conservative, you don t even have to be an establishment republican. he s from a strain of the party, of the movement that you really has no place, i think, in the u.s. senate to begin with. and obviously we have to deal with these specific allegations, but this is also part of a larger story about people who are either unvetted or just frankly not ready for prime time who are being promoted by steve bannon and other forces and thrust now i think here is something. it s less likely it s more likely that other republicans will be attacked and hurt
we ve had two well, three two indictments, one guilty plea. what s the next step along the way? the republicans are trying to deflect this away from trump over to hillary. again, there may be something there on the hillary side but this nation needs to focus on this president. you heard the allegations sex allegations against the republican senate candidate roy moore. right. first of all, i want to get your reaction when you read that story in the washington post. i m not surprised that there was yet another shoe to drop on this senate candidate. why? take a look at his history. his history of being removed twice. why was he removed? for the way in which he conducted himself. so there s a lot of questions about his conduct, the way he campaigned, his the way that he the positions he held with
people what you re going to do for them. it s insulting to bring up sex allegations. you made the most salient point by playing that point. for us it harkened back to 2012. those are two different conversations and answers. here s the thing, that was good for gingrich, and it helped him win the south carolina primary. it didn t help him win the primary or the election, and this is the case with donald trump. you were right, the people who supported donald trump saw that as a win. it did not add any voters. obviously, it helped him. president gingrich. we ll be right back.
about the media, but if when a candidate s private life is in the news, wouldn t press be remiss not to and about it? i just think you brought up the most salient point by playing that clip. for those of us, scottie and i who watched that for a moment. for us, we remembered that moment in 2012 and we remembered cheering newt gingrich and saying, yes, this should be about issues. this is a national stage where you get to tell the american people what you re going to do for them and it s insulting to the american people to bring up sex allegations. you just made the most salient point i think has been made today by playing that clip because for us it harkened back to 2012. those are two different conversations. it shows the motivation of the media. i ve got to go. quick quick. that was good for gingrich and helped him win the south carolina primary. right. and this is the case with donald trump. you were right. the people who supported donald