Hey, remember Roy Moore? Two weeks later, he still hasn’t conceded
Roy Moore, the far-right former judge who lost a special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, has yet to admit that Democratic rival Doug Jones actually defeated him.
Instead, Moore has been trying to raise money from his supporters for an "election integrity fund," while also appearing to blame "Muslims and Marxists" for his loss. Additionally, Moore, or at least someone authorized to access his Facebook account, posted a link last week to a news article that discussed Jones' gay son. Amid a flurry of criticism, the link was removed.
Moore has a long history of attacking LGBT rights, to be sure. Most recently, he was suspended in September of 2016 as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for defying the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
In a video statement released to supporters the day after the election, the Confederate-sympathizing Republican claimed that he was "in a struggle to preserve our republic, our civilization and our religion."
"Today, we no longer recognize the universal truth that God is the author of our life and liberty," Moore said. “Abortion, sodomy and materialism have taken the place of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
On Friday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said he would officially certify the election results in Jones' favor on Dec. 28.
Moore had pinned his fading hopes on provisional ballots and votes submitted from members of the military who were stationed overseas. On Wednesday, Merrill announced that the total number of such ballots was 5,333, far fewer than the margin of 20,715 votes separating Jones and Moore.

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