Roy Moore's spokeswoman just congratulated CNN's Poppy Harlow on her pregnancy. Then she warned Moore's opponent wants to kill her unborn child.
A spokeswoman for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore was interviewed by CNN's Poppy Harlow on Tuesday morning, and things immediately took a turn. As Harlow welcomed Jane Porter to the show, the spokeswoman interrupted the host to congratulate her on her unborn child — and then added that Moore's Democratic opponent, Doug Jones, would "support killing [unborn children] up until the moment of birth."
Harlow maintained her composure and continued with the interview, but Porter again invoked Harlow's unborn child to attack Jones on abortion, prompting a visibly annoyed Harlow to say, "Let's leave my child out of this."
When Harlow asked Porter if she believes the allegations of sexual misconduct that have been made against Moore, Porter said that the Today interview of Leigh Corfman, who has accused Moore of inappropriately touching her when she was 14, was "an Academy Award performance." Porter went on to defend Moore against the allegations by pointing out that there is a group of "non-accusers" who never accused the former Alabama Supreme Court Justice of sexual misconduct. "You need to dig into the facts," Porter said.
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