Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore has issued repeated denials since The Washington Post published a story two weeks ago in which four women said he pursued them romantically when they were teenagers and Moore was in his 30s. Several more similar allegations have surfaced since, but Moore has submitted to only one detailed interview about the allegations, on Sean Hannity’s radio show.
It went poorly, leading most leading Republicans in Washington to declare that they believe Moore’s accusers and to ask him to withdraw from the race.
This head-in-the-sand approach has confounded some in the capital.
“Sen. Al Franken crisis strategy: hide out in DC for Thanksgiving, hoping this blows over and people quickly forget. Better to hold a Minnesota news conference before Turkey Day and apologize to voters who elected you,” Ron Bonjean, a Republican crisis communications expert, tweeted Sunday.
Bonjean has experienced these matters firsthand. Fifteen years ago, he served as a top adviser to Trent Lott, R-Miss., who was poised to reclaim the post of Senate majority leader after the GOP’s successful 2002 midterms. But about a month later, Lott made a racially insensitive joke at a celebration of Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday in early December, leading to a reevaluation of Lott’s previous statements on civil rights.
Rather than quickly making a public appearance to explain himself, as some friends suggested, Lott chose to issue a few prepared statements, then went on a private trip to Florida before flying home to Mississippi for the holidays.
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