Roy Moore Wins Senate G.O.P. Runoff in Alabama
On Tuesday night, Mr. McConnell said in a statement
that he understood Mr. Moore had channeled “a dissatisfaction with the progress made in Washington.” Saying that he shared that frustration, Mr. McConnell said he was determined to help Mr. Moore win, and made no references to the bitter attacks on his leadership by Mr. Moore and his allies.
Taking the stage after a solo rendition of “How Great Thou Art,” an exultant Mr. Moore said he had “never
prayed to win this campaign,” only putting his political fate “in the hands of the Almighty.”
“Together, we can make America great,” he said, borrowing Mr. Trump’s slogan and adding, “Don’t let anybody in the press think
that because he supported my opponent that I do not support him.”
Mr. Trump had tweeted his support for Mr.
Strange made little attempt to find a new, more moderate universe of voters in the runoff who would recoil from the thought of Mr. Moore as their senator,
a strategy fashioned next door in Mississippi when Senator Thad Cochran found himself in a runoff with a hard-line primary challenger in 2014.
Strange said, “it’s not his fault.”
Mr. Strange’s defeat was the first time an incumbent senator with active White House support has lost since 2010, when
Arlen Specter, the longtime senator of Pennsylvania, was beaten in a Democratic primary after switching parties.
The outcome in the closely watched Senate race dealt a humbling blow to President Trump
and other party leaders days after the president pleaded with voters in the state to back Mr.
