Roy Moore Gets Trump Endorsement and R.N.C. Funding for Senate Race<br />Paula Cobia, a lawyer for another of Mr. Moore’s accusers, said Mr. Trump was being hypocritical in advocating a border wall to keep<br />out criminals while endorsing a Senate candidate “with multiple accusations against him for child molestation and sexual predation.”<br />Hours later, Ms. Cobia released a statement on behalf of Gloria Deason, who said<br />that she dated Mr. Moore when she was 18 and that Mr. Moore lied when he said he did not know his accusers.<br />It said that Mr. Moore, a Republican candidate for a Senate seat in Alabama, lied<br />when he said he did not know the women who accused him of sexual misconduct.<br />“We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V. A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more.”<br />Mr. Trump’s endorsement and the party’s reversal hours later came a day after Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, had stepped<br />back from his earlier criticism of Mr. Moore, saying Alabama voters should “make the call” on whether to send Mr. Moore to the Senate.<br />AUBURN, Ala. — President Trump on Monday strongly endorsed Roy S. Moore, the Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat here, prompting<br />the Republican National Committee to restore its support for a candidate accused of sexual misconduct against teenage girls.<br />Nine women have come forward in recent weeks to describe their encounters with Mr. Moore, including a woman who said<br />that Mr. Moore molested her when she was 14 years old.
