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McConnell: If Moore wins, he'll "immediately" face Ethics Committee
Axios ^ | 11/14/2017 | Erica Pandy

Posted on 11/14/2017 8:48:43 PM PST by advance_copy

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that if Alabama's Senate candidate Roy Moore wins, he'll face an ethics investigation immediately after he's sworn into office. "It would be a rather unusual beginning," McConnell said, speaking at a Wall Street Journal event.

"I'd like to save the seat, and it's a heck of a dilemma when you've got a completely unacceptable candidate bearing the label of your party within a month of the election," he added.

McConnell is one of several Republicans who have called for Moore to step aside. He has also spoken with President Trump and Vice President Pence about the allegations against the candidate, but Trump has yet to take a public stance on the issue.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: alabama; mcconnell; minnesota; mitchmcconnell; roymoore; southcarolina
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To: advance_copy

If elected, Sen. Moore will immediately demand that McConnell face the Ethics Committee over Obamacare lies, Tax Reform lies, and imitating an honest politician.


81 posted on 11/15/2017 12:22:33 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: advance_copy

Mitch McConnell just poisoned any chance of legally being able to win this. Moore will file lawsuit and win his right to sit and vote in Senate chambers.


82 posted on 11/15/2017 12:27:09 AM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: advance_copy

Mconnell Is a complete embarrassment to the conservatives. Our legal system states innocent until proven guilty. Well so far the accusations have more holes in them than a screen door


83 posted on 11/15/2017 2:16:51 AM PST by okie 54
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To: TigerClaws

84 posted on 11/15/2017 2:20:45 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: ReaganGeneration2

Looks legit to me!


85 posted on 11/15/2017 2:24:02 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws; Red Steel
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86 posted on 11/15/2017 2:41:11 AM PST by bushpilot2
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To: advance_copy
"I'd like to save the seat"

Does McConnell want to save the seat for conservatives or for the establishment. If he really wanted to save the seat for conservatives, he would have every republican with a pulse endorse Judge Moore. Each would then add a promise that once Moore arrives in the US Senate, the Ethics Committee will look into the claims and respond appropriately if needed.

87 posted on 11/15/2017 2:55:36 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: advance_copy

Mitch is pissed his hit did not work .
He is the source of the Wash Compost hit piece.
He created this mess.
Now he is desperate to stop this guy at any cost .
Mitch should be removed now.


88 posted on 11/15/2017 3:11:50 AM PST by ncalburt (l)
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To: ConservativeMind

I heard that too - let’s do a “McConnell/WaPo” on him - you lie and I’ll swear to it....maybe Gloria will represent us...


89 posted on 11/15/2017 3:27:25 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: advance_copy

How can Moore face an Senate Ethics Committee hearing for something that happened long before he became a senator?


90 posted on 11/15/2017 3:29:47 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: House Atreides

McConnell & the Swamp are losing so far in their battle with the Swamp Drainer Judge Roy Moore.

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I agree. Look at Moore’s most vocal critics. They are all GOPe Swamp Rats. They don’t want him in the Senate because they are protecting their corrupt system. It has nothing to do with the accusations.


91 posted on 11/15/2017 3:39:16 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: advance_copy

Bitch, et Mitch, is scared.


92 posted on 11/15/2017 3:47:09 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jim from C-Town
2 colors of ink, 30-40 yr old year book...paid DEM accusers, not a peep when it was gopE against GOP Conservative. How many kids were in your class? Mine had 350.
93 posted on 11/15/2017 4:03:28 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: heights

RNC has pulled all funding on Toxic Mitch’s orders. If we want to keep Sen. Moore we will have to do the funding.

https://www.roymoore.org/Support-Judge-Moore/


94 posted on 11/15/2017 4:08:05 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: advance_copy

90% of the Senate should face ethics charges. McConnell should be bought up on impersonating a Conservative - along with Lindsey Graham, Sue Collins, Jeff Flake, John McCain. Senator BloomingIdiot should be bought up on lying charges along with Senator SpeakingBull.


95 posted on 11/15/2017 4:12:27 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: All

So when do we start tearing down all monuments that honor anything named after a Kennedy?
When do we strike the name of rapist Bill Clinton from the History books?


96 posted on 11/15/2017 4:13:03 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: GailA

Thanks for the link,GailA.

I donated on Friday night. I have had quite enough of the GOP eunuchs in DC trying to run things, while they sit on a mountain of corruption.


97 posted on 11/15/2017 4:18:52 AM PST by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

What criminal investigation —or Court would accept testimony that is thirty or forty years in the past? The human mind plays tricks it remembers facts that are consistent with that individual and their perception pf what others want to hear. Some things are embellished,somethings conveniently forgotten. Some things made up from whole cloth.The Senate ethics Committee ought be honest as to their motive-and I fully expect they ARE NOT honest.


98 posted on 11/15/2017 4:20:59 AM PST by StonyBurk
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To: ConservativeMind

I was there and saw it, so now the rumor has been substantiated. When will Senator McConnell step down in the face of these serious charges? It’s for the good of the Senate.


99 posted on 11/15/2017 5:00:21 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: advance_copy

McConnell: If Moore wins, he’ll “immediately” face Ethics Committee>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ah NO!

Rumor is that you, McConnell were discharged from US Army service on a sodomy apprehension. It is you who need to be subjected to the ethics committee.


100 posted on 11/15/2017 5:21:13 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama FAscism) http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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