Welcome to 2017, where it's becoming more like 1817 every single day! Sexual predation gets you elected to office, you get vilified if you're a person of color who dares to stand up for your rights, and white supremacy will...also get you elected to office. 2017's clearest example of this harmful regression is entirely embodied by one Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for the Alabama Senate seat.
He's shown time and again how much of a monster he is, and yet, 17 minutes ago, President Donald Trump tweeted out yet another message endorsing him. The world we live in is a bad one, folks.
Roy Moore was outed as a child molester in what was supposed to be a bombshell report in the Washington Post.
It came out that Roy Moore was banned from a shopping mall in the '80s because he had a habit of preying on young girls.
Several members of the GOP conceded that Moore should remove himself from the race.
And yet, Moore fought back against women and decency and doing the right thing.
And it was all because our Molester-in-Chief Donald Trump formally endorsed Moore earlier this week.
That's right. Back in September, at a campaign rally in Florence, Alabama, one of the only African Americans in the audience asked Moore when America was last "great."
Can't make this up -- Roy Moore said in September that the last time America was great was when we had slavery. (h… https://t.co/ycp7pUZHF2— Eric Columbus (@Eric Columbus)1512676367.0
Obviously, the people of Twitter had much to say about these comments.
@EricColumbus @reckonalabama "It was great at the time when families were united even though we had slavery." Slave… https://t.co/3aNaK9YT2Z— sistermagpie (@sistermagpie)1512679027.0
At the same event, Moore referred to Native Americans and Asian Americans as "reds and yellows."
@EricColumbus @reckonalabama https://t.co/Slk5cxuIqW— SayYourPiece (@SayYourPiece)1512677839.0
Roy Moore is living in the past, and honestly, even if he lived in the 1800s, some of his beliefs would have still been considered old-fashioned then.
@EricColumbus @reckonalabama Perhaps this was because many places had no minimum age for sexual consent at that time?— Joseph Steinberg (@Joseph Steinberg)1512685431.0
Roy Moore's story is truly an indicator of what Donald Trump's presidency means for the direction of this nation.
@EricColumbus @pixelatedboat @reckonalabama What did y'all think MAGA referred to?!— spring (@spring)1512683598.0