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Happened in alabama and how might it play out in the midterms, there's a lot of interesting things to consider. one example would be that, you know, alabama elected donald trump after the "access hollywood" tapes by the way, by like 27 points. so it's not just decency, right? >> when you say that, i think even since then, i think the culture has moved. >> yeah, that's one of the things i was going to say. i think you're totally right. but i also think there's the fact that alabama this time was on the ballot. their reputation specifically. roy moore is accused of things that are a little bit d...

Ones that reaffirm their beliefs, read newspapers, only the ones that reaffirm their believes. the guy that jake had on today, well, you can't be a muslim because you've got to put your hand on the bible and -- it's not true. and he doesn't know that. you don't know what you don't know. so then, ed, what do you say to that -- especially last night, with mrs. moore saying, well, one of my -- you know, one of our attorneys is a jew. she didn't even understand what a blunder that was. >> right. well, when i watched that father talk there, i thought the power of that, to me, captures what the elec...

People, i think even in alabama, who just don't put up with attitudes like the one that roy moore espouses when it comes -- >> it was the -- [ overlapping voices ] >> we have to remember the history of alabama. we have to remember the painful history. i'm talking a race point right now. think about this. we had the tuskegee syphilis study in alabama. we had the montgomery bus boycott in alabama. we had selma, bloody sunday, in alabama. the bombing of the church with the four little girls in alabama. think of that, and think of the mindset and how the arc has changed. this was a big moment. thi...

Excruciating situation. at the end of the day, not enough of them turned out to vote for roy moore. that's the big story here. the vacuum created by the fact that so many evangelicals did not turn out as expected and as the pattern would indicate. that's why he lost. that's a stunning story. it's stunning that not one major evangelical leader or pastor in the state of alabama stood with roy moore and supported roy moore publicly once those accusations were made. but even before the accusations were made. we're talking about the republican party learning a very hard lesson here about the limits...

In the white house. and the "usa today" -- >> one of the lessons from what happened in alabama is, you know, the high road was taken by doug jones, and he, i think, exuded exuded decency. and this is a choice that democrats are going to have to make. we even saw kirsten use p profanity -- >> we've got to go. what the president did there was no excuse for it. >> 51% -- >> that's it for us tonight. see you tomorrow. our live coverage continues after this with john vause and isha sesay in los angeles. >> i was going to say, who's up now?