- Ben Riley-Smith, [FONT="]us editor, [/FONT][FONT="]alabama [/FONT]
[FONT="][FONT="]H[/FONT]ot Rod is still backing Roy Moore. Calling Alabama’s most popular talk radio station, the trucker explains why the divisive Republican candidate accused of harassing teenagers still has his vote. [/FONT]
[FONT="]“They sent Donald Trump up there to do a job and yet the swamp is fighting back. He needs all the help he can get,” he says.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Hot Rod - his talk radio pseudonym - dismisses the allegations that Moore made sexual advances on teenage girls while in his thirties as “lies”.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The claims range from driving a 14 year-old to his house in the woods and assaulting her to repeatedly attempting to chat up teenagers.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Mr Moore, a former judge now running for the US Senate, has denied them all and ignored calls to quit, declaring himself the victim of a “witch hunt”. [/FONT]
[FONT="]“They sent Donald Trump up there to do a job and yet the swamp is fighting back. He needs all the help he can get,” he says.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Hot Rod - his talk radio pseudonym - dismisses the allegations that Moore made sexual advances on teenage girls while in his thirties as “lies”.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The claims range from driving a 14 year-old to his house in the woods and assaulting her to repeatedly attempting to chat up teenagers.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Mr Moore, a former judge now running for the US Senate, has denied them all and ignored calls to quit, declaring himself the victim of a “witch hunt”. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Buttons sit on a table ahead of a campaign rally for Roy Moore, Republican candidate for US Senate from Alabama[/FONT] [FONT="]CREDIT: BUTTONS SIT ON A TABLE AHEAD OF A CAMPAIGN RALLY FOR ROY MOORE, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR US SENATE FROM ALABAMA[/FONT]
[FONT="]On Tuesday, the special election, triggered by Jeff Sessions's appointment as attorney general, will finally arrive. [/FONT]
[FONT="]It has become the battle for America's heart and soul, and a measure of the success of Mr Trump, who is firmly behind Mr Moore. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The race has gripped and horrified America in equal measure, becoming a microcosm for debates raging nationally - from "fake news" to toe standards expected of public officials. [/FONT]
[FONT="]It has become the battle for America's heart and soul, and a measure of the success of Mr Trump, who is firmly behind Mr Moore. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The race has gripped and horrified America in equal measure, becoming a microcosm for debates raging nationally - from "fake news" to toe standards expected of public officials. [/FONT]
[FONT="]A woman holds a banner referencing Breitbart News Network LLC ahead of a campaign rally for Roy Moore[/FONT] [FONT="]CREDIT: NICOLE CRAINE/BLOOMBERG[/FONT]