Durbin urges Alabama voters to reject Moore

Posted on December 11, 2017

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin urged Alabama voters to support Democrat Doug Jones in the special election Senate race against Republican Roy Moore. (Photo courtesy YouTube)

By RFD Radio/WFMB

WASHINGTON – With members of Congress stepping aside because of past sexual harassment allegations, voters in Alabama are deciding if they should send a candidate to the Senate with the another troubled history.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, R-Ill, said Republicans, as the party in power, will control Roy Moore’s fate if he’s elected to the Senate. But Durbin said he hopes that he won’t be presented with having to see Moore in the Senate Chamber.

“I’m counting on the people of Alabama to not only field a good football team but also to show some common sense when it comes to the selection of their senator,” Durbin said. “I hope that I don’t face the possibility of (having) Roy Moore as a colleague.”

Durbin said any donations he received from now disgraced Senator Al Franken have been turned over to charity.

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