All The Republicans At Roy Moore's Party Had The Same Reaction

MONTGOMERY, Ala. God is always in control.

A visibly shaken, rambling Roy Moore told a venue full of his supporters that hed wait on God for direction, minutes after he and his holier-than-thou Senate campaign collapsed in a devastating loss to a Democrat in Alabama.

But if God did take the wheel Tuesday night, she was already on Interstate 65, hightailing it to Birmingham to kick it with election winner Doug Jones.

Jones victory party would undoubtedly be more gracious than Moores sullen affair, with its tiny white-bread sandwich slivers and where a saxophone cover of Carlos Santanas Smooth served as the nights only respite.

No sooner had the election map turned blue than the Republicans at this party began to point fingers.

Theres blood in the water for Mitch McConnell, it leads back to him. This room is gonna be walking out with a vengeance. We know whos responsible, said Chanel Rion, the 27-year-old fiancee of Missouri Senate candidate Courtland Sykes.

Sykes himself was even more fire-and-brimstone, worried that establishment Republicans not Democrats were winning the war against MAGA candidates, a shorthand for President Donald Trump s make America great again campaign slogan.

This is impossible. This is 100-percent an effort by the Washington establishment to keep Roy Moore out of it, Sykes told HuffPost. If they can put a Democrat in office in Alabama, in 2017, to replace Jeff Sessions, even after Donald Trump won by a landslide in 2016, that means they can replace anyone they want. We dont have an honest republic if this can happen. Does that make sense?

Others pointed to Alabamas senior senator, Republican Richard Shelby, who on Sunday admitted he didnt vote for Moore and said the Republican Party can do better. One Moore supporter was overheard saying hed like to find an establishment Republican like Shelby to punch in the face for involvement in Moores downfall.

Then there was Trump, who threw his support to Moore after backing his GOP opponent during the primary. Trump is now 0-for-2 in his Alabama endorsements.

What didnt help is Republicans jumping ship during Roy Moores greatest time of need, said Ben Smith, 25, a conservative University of Alabama student. That destroyed any party unity we had left ... Im kind of just numb right now.

Of course, no fingers were pointed in the direction of Moore himself, despite allegations that he sexually assaulted a child and harassed others. Nobody pointed at Moore, who ran for office after being defrocked as a judge twice for disrespecting federal law in favor of his God-and-country platform. Not one supporter we spoke to cast blame on the ex-judge from Gallant, who used to sign Bibles at his courthouse.

Moore gave a short, stuttering speech before he left on Tuesday an uncomfortable bookend to an awkward 24 hours. The night before, his wife Kayla bragged that the couple werent anti-Semitic because one of our attorneys is a Jew. Then, one of Moores old war buddies said the pals accidentally stumbled into a brothel together that was full of very young women.

On Tuesday morning in Gallant, Moore and his horse Sassy were effectively chased out of his own polling center by a throng of reporters desperate for quotes about a possible ethics violation should he win.

Nobody at his party had expected a loss like this.

There were rumblings of discontent well before the ex-judge faced allegations of sexual assault. Republicans at his own events had previously said they disliked him ; conservative Christians said they didnt trust him . After women began coming forward to describe how Moore pursued them as teens when he was in his 30s, lawyers and cops said they didnt have the evidence at the time to throw the book at him.

In any case, Moore is gone for a while, along with the horse he rode in on . It leaves Democrats with a rare opportunity for a one-two punch.

Needless to say, Doug Jones supporters/workers are PARTYING right now. They to start flipping districts with the momentum #ALSen pic.twitter.com/QYb7rwq4KE

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Needless to say, Doug Jones supporters/workers are PARTYING right now. They to start flipping districts with the momentum #ALSen pic.twitter.com/QYb7rwq4KE
Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) December 13, 2017

A few blocks from Moores gathering, near the steps of the state capitol, some Jones supporters were at a bar celebrating, and plotting to flip more Alabama elections blue. Tabitha Isner whos running for the states 2nd Congressional District, currently represented by Republican Rep. Martha Roby is one of those machinators.

Im elated. Its been a struggle so far to convince people that its possible to flip these districts. People have this sense in Alabama that it cant be done but we changed that mindset tonight, Isner said. Im excited that so many more things are possible now that were not possible just a few hours ago.