, Columnist
Roy Moore's Defiant Brand Can't Protect Him This Time
A sex scandal should offend his supporters' personal values. His professional conduct never did.
Unfit for office.
Photographer: Wes FrazerTo anyone who’s been following Roy Moore for the past 15 years, there’s a single question that won’t go away: Why are we here? Given that Moore, as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court defied federal court orders and was removed from office -- not once but twice! -- it seems astonishing and outrageous that Republican voters chose him as a U.S. Senate candidate, leading to the current wave of sex-related allegations against him.
If you sense frustration in my tone, you’re not wrong. The point of a free press is to inform the public about the character and the beliefs of the people they will be voting for. And to me, at least, it has seemed clear since 2003 that Moore is unfit to hold public office.