Doug Jones’s victory in a part of the Deep South that has not elected a Democratic senator since 1992 was a dramatic repudiation of his opponent, Roy Moore, a former state judge twice removed from office.
Supported by former Trump chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, Moore responded to allegations that he made sexual advances toward teenagers when he was in his 30s by describing his campaign as a “spiritual battle†against Washington’s Republican and Democratic leaders.
Democrats called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to immediately seat Jones. Meanwhile, Republicans — still smarting from their defeat — began pointing fingers at one another.
Good grief did Ana Navarro go off on this dude pic.twitter.com/wwq5tbGmLC
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 13, 2017