That's true. Because Jones won, it means everything basically quiets down (well, not really), but at least we don't have to hear about Moore and if he should be seated for the next several days/weeks.
Trump 14 hours ago:
The people of Alabama will do the right thing. Doug Jones is Pro-Abortion, weak on Crime, Military and Illegal Immigration, Bad for Gun Owners and Veterans and against the WALL. Jones is a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet. Roy Moore will always vote with us. VOTE ROY MOORE!
15 mins ago:
Congratulations to Doug Jones on a hard fought victory. The write-in votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of Alabama are great, and the Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!
It's like I can taste the salt through my monitor.
It's more like aspartame tears with all the Diet Cokes he drinks.
weak on Crime
This is sort of a bizarre claim. How can a senator be "weak on crime"? They can either pass or repeal laws, making things a crime or not a crime, but they don't enforce the law...
I guess they can also pass budgets which cut FBI spending, but neither side seems interested in that.
It doesn't mean anything and it doesn't have to, it sounds negative and also like it could be true. It's the sort of thing people will remember and parrot if they end up having a conversation about the election. "Oh yeah? I think that guy is weak on crime". I think that's one of the reasons why really basic, negative arguments can work in elections, people repeat it so much that it becomes a fact, even if there was nothing there to support it in the first place.
Weak on crime is an insult and Trumps an idiot for implying that.
Jones served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001. He prosecuted the remaining two Ku Klux Klan perpetrators of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which killed four African-American girls in 1963, and also secured an indictment against the Atlanta Olympic Park Bomber.[1] wiki
It's not the congratulations, its the wording. "A win is a win". He can't get through the tweet without trying to undermine the victory in some way.
Damn. I was hoping they would both die of heart attacks and the position would remain vacant forever. Take what you can get I guess...
I'll be interested in the exit polls and the final tallies to see how it all eventually played out.
I expect a ton of Republicans stayed home for this one. Who can blame them?
I'm very curious how this will all play out in the next few days.
Good. Moore's out, Franken's out... Maybe we can get back to things which actually effect millions of people now?
Good, now everybody can shut the fuck up about it.