ALABAMA'S SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A NEW SENATOR GAVE US
RESULTS WE WERE HOPING FOR, DOUG JONES DID BEAT ROY MOORE BY A
SMALL MARGIN, 1.5 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
HOWEVER, ROY MOORE BELIEVES THAT GAP IS A LITTLE TOO SMALL
AND HE REFUSES TO CONCEDE.
HE'S CALLING FOR A RECOUNT.
LET'S HEAR IT FROM HIM.
>>THANK YOU.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND
REALIZE WHEN THE VOTE IS THIS CLOSE THAT IT'S NOT OVER, AND WE
STILL GOT TO GO BY THE RULES ABOUT THIS RECOUNT PROVISION,
AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS EXPLAINED IT TO US, AND WE ARE
EXPECTING THAT THE PRESS WILL GO UP THERE AND TALK TO THEM TO
FIND OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT GOD IS
ALWAYS IN CONTROL.
>>APPARENTLY GOD DECIDED, I LIKE DOUG JONES A LITTLE BETTER.
I LIKE HIM ABOUT 1.5 POINTS BETTER THAN I LIKE YOU, ROY.
I
KNOW IT'S A GOOD MOMENT AND A FUN MOMENT AND A LOT OF THE
PRESS HAS DONE THIS TO RUB IT INTO ROY MOORE AND SAY SORE
LOSER AND THEY LOVE TO SAY THAT, I'M NOT IN THAT CAMP.
I LOVE
RECOUNTS, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THEY ARE SO EXPENSIVE -- NO THEY
AREN'T.
THE MONEY WE LOSE TO CORRUPT POLITICIANS DOING
GIVEAWAYS TO THEIR DONORS IS 1 BILLION TIMES MORE THAN A SIMPLE
RECOUNT.
IF A RECOUNT IS IN ANY WAY MERITED I WOULD BE IN FAVOR
OF IT, AND IN THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE
THE MARGIN WAS UNDER ONE POINT, I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED A
RECOUNT.
IF YOU WON, YOU WON, IT'S OKAY.
UNLESS THEY THINK
THEY WILL SOMEHOW CHEAT IN A RECOUNT, BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE
OF THAT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL WEIGH IN AND A SECOND, BUT
AS IT TURNS OUT IN ALABAMA IF IT IS WITHIN HALF A POINT YOU HAVE
TO DO A RECOUNT AND THAT'S GREAT, YOU SHOULD.
I WOULD
SUPPORT A RECOUNT FOR ANYTHING UNDER A POINT.
AS IT TURNED OUT
THIS WAS 1.5 POINTS, REALLY WELL OUTSIDE OF THE RULES.
ROY MOORE
SAYS HE RESPECTS THE RULES, HE GOT KICKED OFF THE ALABAMA
SUPREME COURT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T RESPECT THE RULES, SO IF HE
RESPECTED THE RULES OF ALABAMA IN THIS CASE HE WOULDN'T
ASK FOR A RECOUNT.
>>EXACTLY, BUT HE IS ASKING FOR ONE.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER
DISAGREE WITH YOU MORE, I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD RUB IT IN HIS
FACE AND I DO ENJOY IT, AND I INTEND ON CONTINUING TO RUB IT
IN HIS FACE.
THE ALABAMA SECRETARY OF STATE WAS SPEAKING
TO THE PRESS AFTER ROY MOORE MADE THOSE STATEMENTS AND I
ENJOYED THIS EXCHANGE, LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO JOHN MERRILL.
>>WHAT DO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CONVERSATION THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE WHEN HE ARRIVES?
>>I DON'T KNOW THAT THE JUDGES COMING HERE, I'M INSPECTING
OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE MEDIA TO COME HERE, I'M NOT VERY
COMFORTABLE IN VISITING WITH JUDGE MOORE OR ANYBODY IN
HIS CAMPAIGN TONIGHT.
THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA HAVE SPOKEN TONIGHT, THEY MADE
THEIR VOICE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
>>I LOVE THE PART WHERE HE'S LIKE, NO, PLEASE DON'T COME
HERE.
>>PLEASE DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS
DAUGHTERS BUT HE'S LIKE, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT ROY MOORE
ANYWHERE NEAR THIS HOUSE.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE THINKS A
RECOUNT IS UNLIKELY AND THAT A CHANGE OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS
UNLIKELY, SO DOUG JONES WILL BE THE NEXT SENATOR FROM THE GREAT
STATE -- NOW I CAN SAY IT -- THE GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA.
>>DOUG JONES TOOK A MOMENT TO THANK THE BLACK COMMUNITY
FOR RALLYING AND SUPPORTING HIM.
>>IT WAS EVERY COMMUNITY.
I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES IN THIS STATE.
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,
THANK YOU!
>>YES.
AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, BLACK VOTERS ACCOUNTED FOR 28 OR
29% OF THE ELECTORATE, A SLIGHTLY HIGHER FIGURE THAN
THEIR SHARE OF THE POPULATION.
THEY ARE MOTIVATED TO SUPPORT
DOUG JONES, WHO CONVICTED KLAN MEMBERS WHO MURDERED INNOCENT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN ALABAMA, AND PROBABLY MOTIVATED TO OPPOSE
ROY MOORE, WHO THOUGHT THE 14TH AMENDMENT SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY.
WHICH IS -- EVERY PART OF ROY MOORE WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
WHO SAYS
THAT?
THAT IS SO INSANE.
THANK GOD THEY STOOD UP AND GOT
VICTORIES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, FIGHT, IF YOU FIGHT
YOU WIN.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T LOSE ENERGY AND THINK YOU CAN'T
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IN ALABAMA YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE, AND NOW
THAT MONSTER ROY MOORE LUCKILY ISN'T GOING TO GO TO THE SENATE,
HOPEFULLY A PROSECUTOR SENDS HIM TO JAIL BECAUSE THERE IS NO
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON CHILD MOLESTATION IN ALABAMA.