Per CNN

[gopiscrap]

5 Rep. Senators say Roy Moore should step aside

[niyad]

1. oh no, he should stay right where he is. we can hang his run, and, one hopes, his loss, on

their complicit necks.

[lagomorph777]

2. What a shitstorm.

The election is just over a month away. Pretty good timing.

[PhilosopherKing]

15. No bad timing!

It should have happened 2 weeks before the election.

Republicans have plenty of time for someone else to enter the race.

[lagomorph777]

16. The ballot can't be changed less than 76 days before election.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Moore needs to stay in the race.

Come on, Roy, fight the establishment!

[Kaleva]

4. I'm going to lurk at FR

[HAB911]

5. The only thing shocking about Roy Moore molesting a 14-year-old child

is that it wasn't a boy…

Link to tweet

[BootinUp]

7. Ouch!

[BootinUp]

6. Somehow I doubt Roy will heed their advice.

[SoCalMusicLover]

8. He'll Drop Out By Tomorrow

Do the repubs have someone waiting in the wings to replace him?

Reminds me of the scene in a Cheers episode where Woody is running for city council, and his opponent gets caught up in a scandal.

Do they think the seat is still winnable if they get a replacement in quick enough?

[FSogol]

14. I doubt it. He'll check his Holy Bye-ball and see nothing about dropping out. n/t

[SweetieD]

9. Wonder what this will do to the vote there? Will republicans be mad and split or not vote?

I hope so.

[gopiscrap]

10. perhaps an internal poll showed Moore going down

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and this is trumpy's and Turtle's way of solving the problem

[gibraltar72]

11. Fuck him

and the horse he rode in on.

[Brother Buzz]

12. Per Washington Post it's now eight

Besides McConnell, the other Republican senators weighing in included Jeff Flake of Arizona, David Perdue of Georgia, John Thune of South Dakota, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Richard C. Shelby of Alabama and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mitch-mcconnell-and-chorus-of-republican-senators-call-on-roy-moore-to-step-aside-in-alabama-senate-race/2017/11/09/4e6da1d2-c57b-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html

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On edit: you can now add John McCain's name to the growing list

John McCain‏Verified account @SenJohnMcCain 39m39 minutes ago

The allegations against Roy Moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying. He should immediately step aside and allow the people of Alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.

https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain

[eppur_se_muova]

13. If Moore steps aside, they'll just replace him with Strange.

Despite the lesser support for Strange vs Moore, that could pull out a win for the R's, and they know that.

[lagomorph777]

17. Strange will have to be a write-in, and that's a problem...

in a state where GOP voters are semi-literate at best.

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Glad you remembered to specify *GOP* voters ...

us AL dems get tired of all the Southern-redneck-hick bashing sometimes, particularly when it's aimed too broadly.

[lagomorph777]

19. Dems are smart/decent people.

Of course I had to be careful there!

[nolabear]

20. They are tap-dancing their asses off over this.

My GOD, finagling the ages of the girls, accusing them of lying, smearing them, obfuscating, the whole nine yards. You know, all the stuff that points toward GUILTY.