The following article by Aaron Blake was posed on the Washington Post website December 6, 2017:
President Trump and the RNC are formally supporting Roy Moore in his bid for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, a month after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced. (Video: Jenny Starrs/Photo: Cameron Carnes/The Washington Post)
Roy Moore now has President Trump’s endorsement, support from the Republican National Committee and a reasonably strong chance of winning — all proving that the many GOP leaders who tried to stop him have little control over their party. Whatever control GOP leaders retained after the tea party movement, in fact, has been severely undermined by Trump. And Moore, who stands accused of sexual misconduct with multiple minors, is easily the best indicator of that to date.
But the reason something like Moore could happen is more complicated than just Trump. And Republicans can blame one thing that Trump stoked, with plenty of help: The party’s increasing persecution complex. Continue reading “Roy Moore, and the GOP’s prejudicial persecution complex”