>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL KWGTS,"HARDBALL",
KWGTS,"HARDBALL", ROY MOORE, YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS
REPUBLICAN WHO LOST TO DOUG
JONES.
JONES. MOORE FACED ACCUSATIONS THEN
FROM SEVERAL WOMEN THAT HE HAD
PURSUED RELATIVES WITH WHILE HE
WAS IN HIS 30s AND THEY WERE
TEENAGERS AT BEST.
HE WAS GOING AROUND LOOKING AT
THE MALL FOR YOUNG WOMEN, GIRLS
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY. THOSE WERE THE ACCUSATIONS.
ONE KEY REPUBLICAN IS NOT ON
BOARD WITH HIM COMING BACK INTO
POLITICS.
POLITICS. THAT’S PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE PRESIDENT STOOD BY MOORE
DURING THE 2017 SPECIAL
ELECTION, DESPITE THE MISCONDUCT
ALLEGATIONS BUT YESTERDAY TRUMP
TWEETED, REPUBLICANS CANNOT
ALLOW THEMSELVES TO AGAIN LOSE
THE SENATE SEAT IN THE GREAT
STATE OF ALABAMA.
THIS TIME WILL BE FOR SIX YEARS,
NOT JUST TWO.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ROY
MOORE.
MOORE. LATER ADDED, ROY MOORE CANNOT
WIN.
WIN. AND THE CONSEQUENCE WILL BE
DEVASTATING.
DEVASTATING. THE PRESIDENT’S SON, DONALD JR.
PILED ON, TWEETING IT’S TIME TO
RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET, JUDGE.
ON AN INTERVIEW WITH POLITICO,
MOORE SHOT BACK SAYING THE
PRESIDENT DOESN’T CONTROL HO
VOTES FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN
ALABAMA.
ALABAMA. PEOPLE IN ALABAMA ARE SMARTER
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. THEY ELECT THE SENATOR FROM
ALABAMA, NOT FROM WASHINGTON,
D.C.
D.C. FOR MORE I’M JOINED BY JOHN
BRAYBETTER, AND NIRA TANNIN,
YOU’RE SMILING, YOU’RE DOING
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. I DON’T KNOW WHAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
IS THINKING?
IS THINKING? HE’S OBVIOUSLY COUNTING, I NEED
50 SEATS AND A VICE PRESIDENT.
I GOT TO GET REELECTED AND I
NEED 50 SENATORS TO RUN THIS
COUNTRY, AT LEAST STOP THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. HE DOESN’T WANT TO LOSE THAT
SEAT.
SEAT. >> THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT, WE
DON’T NEED ROY MOORE, AND WE
NEED HIM OUT THERE AND EVERYONE
SAYING IT.
SAYING IT. I WISH THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE
GONE FURTHER.
GONE FURTHER. HE COULD HAVE GONE BEYOND FOR
POLITICAL REASONS HE CAN’T WIN,
IT’S ALSO BECAUSE OF ROY MOORE’S
ACTIONS WE DON’T NEED HIM.
WE SHOULD STAND UP UNIVERSALLY.
>> WHERE’S HIS RED LINE ON HIS
MISBEHAVIOR.
MISBEHAVIOR. DID YOU EVER SEE THE ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD TAPE?
HOLLYWOOD TAPE? >> THE THING ROY MOORE DID WITH
UNDERAGE WOMEN, HOW CAN YOU EVEN
SPIN IT.
SPIN IT. >> A BIG PROBLEM FOR YOU THERE
IS THAT AFTER THAT HAPPENED,
DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGNED FOR ROY
MOORE.
MOORE. HE WENT IN TO ALABAMA A FEW DAY
BEFORE THE ELECTION AFTER ALL OF
THAT HAD BEEN AIRED AND SAID
VOTE FOR ROY MOORE.
>> LET’S BE CLEAR, HE WAS
RUNNING AS THE SENATOR AND
SUPPORTED HIM, AND HIS POINT
WAS --
WAS -- >> AND HE LOST.
>> YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE JONES
WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE PRO
CHOICE, AND HE CAN’T SUPPORT
THAT, SO THE PRESIDENT WAS
SAYING, WE HAVE TWO BAD CHOICES,
I MIGHT AS WELL GO WITH THE
CHOICE THAT’S GOING TO AGREE
WITH US 90% OF THE TIME.
>> I’M TELLING YOU ONCE YOU SAY,
EVEN DESPITE ALL THE
ALLEGATIONS, DESPITE THE
ALLEGATIONS THAT ROY MOORE HAD A
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN A CAR STUCK
UP AGAINST A WALL AND WAS
ASSAULTING HER, DONALD TRUMP
CAMPAIGNED.
CAMPAIGNED. >> IT WAS AN ALLEGATION.
>> LET’S JUST BE CLEAR.
>> DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGNED FOR
HIM.
HIM. >> BUT I’M AGREEING WITH YOU.
>> I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, YOU
WOULD AGREE AND STILL NIGHT.
>> HERE’S MY BIGGER THING.
THE GUY WAS IN HIS 30s, AND HE
SAID, YEAH, I DIDN’T NORMALLY
DATE TEENAGERS, BUT I ASKED
THEIR MOTHERS.
THEIR MOTHERS. HERE’S A GOOD RULE FOR ALL OF
YOU MEN OUT THERE, IF YOU’RE
OVER THE AGE OF 30 AND YOU HAVE
TO ASK SOMEBODY’S MOTHER
PERMISSION TO DATE THEIR TEENAGE
DAUGHTER, IT’S NOT A GOOD IDEA
TO BEGIN WITH.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER A GREAT
STORY, TOM HADDEN ONCE, WHEN HE
WAS RUNNING AGAINST JOHN TUNNEY,
ACCUSED HIM OF DATING TEENAGERS,
TO WHICH HE SAID ONE, I CAN’T
NAME ONE, I MEANT IT
METAPHORICALLY.
METAPHORICALLY. FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
ALABAMA SUPREME COURT TWICE
REMOVED FROM THE BENCH WAS KNOWN
LONG BEFORE THE 2017 RACE FOR
THESE COMMENTS.
THESE COMMENTS. WATCH HIS COMMENTS WHICH ARE ALL
PUBLIC RECORD.
PUBLIC RECORD. >> DO YOU THINK THAT
HOMOSEXUALITY OR HOMOSEXUAL
CONDUCT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TODAY?
THAT’S A YES-OR-NO QUESTION.
>> HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT SHOULD BE
ILLEGAL, YES.
ILLEGAL, YES. >> THE RHETORICAL PART OF THE
CIVIL WAR, BROTHER AGAINST
BROTHER, NORTH AGAINST SOUTH,
PARTY AGAINST PARTY, WHAT’S
CHANGED?
CHANGED? NOW WE GOT BLACKS AND WHITES
FIGHTING, RICH AND YELLOW
FIGHTING, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS FIGHTING, MEN AND
WOMEN FIGHTING.
WOMEN FIGHTING. >> I THINK THEY CAN HOLLER
POLITICAL QUESTION ALL THEY
WISH, BUT IT’S A SIMPLE FACT
THAT IF HE’S NOT A NATURAL BORN
CITIZEN, HE’S NOT QUALIFIED TO
BE PRESIDENT, AND I DON’T CARE
WHO HE IS.
>> WE HAVE A BIRTHER.
>> WELL, LOOK.
>> HE’S A LIVE BIRTHER.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE PRESIDENT,
THE NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL
SENATORIAL COMMITTEE, LEADER
McCONNELL ALL HAVE SAID WE DON’T
WANT HIM, AND EVEN MOORE SAID
IT’S NOT UP TO WASHINGTON, IT’S
UP TO ALABAMA, GUESS WHAT, THEY
DIDN’T CHOOSE HIM LAST TIME.
>> IF HE GETS NOMINATED, WILL
YOU BACK HIM AGAINST JONES?
>> I THINK THIS TIME WE WOULD
HAVE TO SAY NO.
THE FEAR IS IF YOU HAVE SIX
CANDIDATES, YOU CAN HAVE
SOMEBODY LIKE HIM AND THERE’S NO
LINE.
LINE. >> THERE’S NO RUNOFF.
>> YEAH, YOU CAN STILL BE A
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. >> I GOT TO BALANCE THE SCALES
FOR A HALF A SECOND HERE.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BACKING A
DEMOCRAT THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS
THE WORST POSSIBLE CHOICE BUT
YOU’RE STUCK WITH THEM?
>> I DON’T THINK SO.
>> YOU’VE NEVER DONE WHAT HE
DOES?
DOES? >> I DON’T THINK SO.
I THINK THE BIG CHALLENGE TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS WE KNEW ALL
OF THESE FACTS ABOUT ROY MOORE
LAST TIME AND THEY ALL SAID
PLEASE GO VOTE FOR ROY MOORE ON
ELECTION DAY.
ELECTION DAY. >> THEY SAID PLEASE DON’T VOTE
FOR JONES.
FOR JONES. >> JUST TO SAY, THAT’S FAIR, BUT
IN THE GENERAL, DONALD TRUMP
SAID PLEASE VOTE FOR ROY MOORE.
NOW HE’S TAKING IT BACK.
>> YOU TWO GUYS ARE THE BEST