Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) should leave the race, Politico reports.
Said McConnell: “I think he should step aside. I believe the women, yes.”


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) should leave the race, Politico reports.
Said McConnell: “I think he should step aside. I believe the women, yes.”
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