GOP Senate Funding Arm Cuts Ties With Roy Moore

GADSDEN, AL - Support for Roy Moore just took a hit on the national level.

According to a report from The Daily Beast, the National Republican Senatorial Committee today severed ties with Alabama's GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore after allegations that Moore had made sexual advances to underage girls when he was in his 30s. Although many Alabama Republican leaders are still supporting Moore despite the allegations, A joint fundraising committee benefitting Moore and a handful of Republican Party organs filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Friday removing the National Republican Senatorial Committee as one of its beneficiaries.

A significant number of Republican senators have said that if the allegations are true, they do believe Moore should remain a candidate for the Senate. Even Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama said he does not see how a person like Moore - if the accusations are true - would be welcome in the Senate.

At least one GOP senator, John McCain, said Moore should drop out of the race regardless to save any further embarrassment for the party, but McCain has been the only Republican to express that opinion. Moore's opponent in the Senate race refrained from saying Moore needs to withdraw his candidacy outright.

"Roy Moore needs to answer these serious charges," Jones said in a statement Thursday. Jones has remained focused on campaigning on other issues rather than use this latest allegation against Moore as political ammunition.

The Daily Beast story can be found here.

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