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They said stuff that you don't expect people to say even when you are hoping for a good quotas a reporter. i thought. >> like what? >> like, well, a couple of them not only defended moore and called the allegations false. but defended the conduct itself saying well it wasn't forcible rape. other than being with someone under age, i don't know what exactly he did. someone said, well, she just saying they kissed. she was 14. he was 32. you don't expect that. and then a couple of -- three of them of the five that i got on the phone said that even if the allegations were true, they would prefer, l...

And i think it speaks to the level of partisanship on the republican side of the ledger. >> daniel, have you found anyone willing to criticize moore? >> i have not. i have had a few people criticize him in passing in the course of telling me they still support him. one man said, well, my grandma used to say someone who does something like that should be taken behind the house and given a good whooping and then told me why he would still vote for roy moore over doug jones. so i didn't find anyone of the eight people, county chairmen and county chairwomen, who would tell me they would no longer ...

To embarrass roy moore. this is the democratic playbook. one of them told me, well, this wasn't forcible rape, you know? he was just, a, underage woman, underage girl. really something to be behold. so, you know -- i had someone say, well, you know, it was 40 years ago. he was 32, she was supposedly 14. that was the direct quote, supposedly 14, and she just said that they kissed. which is not, in fact, true. that's not just what she said. so, really, in a number of ways, finding ways to justify to themselves why they could and should still support this man. >> it's mind boggling. alex, is ther...

Where she wasn't the parent. she was the child. she was the child that he targeted. and the other thing to point out here is, again, i mentioned it earlier. the bravery of these women. gabe is standing there in alabama reading point after point from republican leaders who are doubting this woman, who are saying it wasn't forcible rape. so for these women to come forward, think about how hard that is. >> reporter: well, we've also spoken with the democratic party official here. she says that it was sort of an open secret in a bit over the last couple of years, at least that was the talk, that r...