Donald Trump is 'furious' with Ivanka for saying Roy
Moore is 'going to hell for preying on children' and doubles down on his
support for the embattled Senate candidate
- President Donald Trump is reportedly not happy with his daughter Ivanka Trump
- Earlier this month, Ivanka slammed Roy Moore over sexual harassment claims
- She said 'there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children'
- Moore was accused of harassing teenage girls as young as 14 while in his 30s
- In response to Ivanka's comment, Trump expressed his disbelief to several aides
- Trump has redoubled support for Moore ignoring claims of sexual harassment
President Donald Trump is reportedly angry at his daughter for slamming embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Moore,
who is now 70, was recently accused by several women that while in his
30s he molested or harassed teenage girls as young as 14.
'There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children,' Ivanka said earlier this month.
'I've
yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the
victims' accounts.' She did not call for Moore to exit the race.
In
response to the first-daughter's comment, Trump asked several aides in
the Oval Office, 'Do you believe this?' according to the New York Times.
President Donald Trump is reportedly angry at his daughter, Ivanka, for slamming embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore
Moore (pictured), who is now 70,
was recently accused by several women that while in his 30s he molested
or harassed teenage girls as young as 14. 'There's a special place in
hell for people who prey on children,' Ivanka said earlier this month
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On
Sunday, Trump redoubled his support for Moore, ignoring the allegations
of sexual harassment plaguing the politician's Alabama campaign and
branding his opponent as weak on crime, the military and immigration.
In
an early-morning tweet, Trump added that for Alabamians to elect
Moore's Democratic rival, Doug Jones, in a special election next month
'would be a disaster!'
Many members of
Trump's Republican Party have withdrawn support for Moore, with some
Republicans suggesting that Moore is elected to the US Senate, he should
be removed.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, has called for Moore to drop out, saying: 'I believe the women.'
McConnell
reportedly has pleaded with Trump to stay out of the Alabama race, lest
Moore's election sully the party's name ahead of next year's midterm
elections.
One Republican senator and
sometime Trump critic, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said Sunday
that having Moore on the ballot was a lose-lose proposition for the
party.
'If he wins ... it becomes a
story every day about whether or not you believe the women or Roy Moore.
If you lose, you give the Senate seat' to a Democrat, he said on CNN.
In response to the first-daughter's comment, Trump asked several aides in the Oval Office, 'Do you believe this?'
On Sunday, in a tweet, Trump
redoubled his support for Moore, ignoring the allegations of sexual
harassment plaguing the politician's Alabama campaign and branding his
opponent as weak on crime, the military and immigration
But
Trump -- himself the object of allegations of sexual misconduct by
several women during his presidential campaign -- on Sunday shrugged off
such appeals.
He tweeted that 'the
last thing' Republicans need in the closely divided Senate is a
Democratic 'puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border. Bad for our
Military and our great Vets. Bad for our 2nd Amendment. AND WANTS TO
RAISES (sic) TAXES TO THE SKY.'
Despite
the multiple allegations against Moore -- he reportedly was banned from
an Alabama mall for repeatedly bothering teen girls -- Trump has
defended him.
'Forty years is a long
time,' the president told reporters Tuesday on the White House lawn. 'He
says it didn't happen. You have to listen to him, also.'
Moore has denied any wrongdoing and insisted he will contest the December special election.
Last
week, when Trump was asked about the torrent of accusations of sexual
impropriety facing Moore, he said flatly: 'Roy Moore denies it ... And
by the way, he totally denies it.'
And
in speaking of Moore's female constituents, Trump insisted that the
women 'are Trump voters. Most of them are Trump voters.'
Moore has denied any wrongdoing and insisted he will contest the December special election
The president also told
DailyMail.com amid a scrum of cameras that he isn't ready to announce
whether he'll campaign for Moore as the December 12 special election
looms
The
president also told DailyMail.com amid a scrum of cameras that he isn't
ready to announce whether he'll campaign for Moore as the December 12
special election looms.
'I will be letting you know next week. But I can tell you we don't need somebody who's soft on crime like Jones,' Trump said.
Jones is a former US attorney and is known for prosecuting two KKK members behind the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.
Trump
also insisted that 'women are very special' to him and expressed
enthusiasm for the recent series of revelations about sexually predatory
men in Washington.
'A lot of things
are coming out, and I think that's good for our society and I think it's
very very good for women,' he said. 'I'm very happy that a lot of these
things are coming out.'
'The women are Trump voters. Most of them are Trump voters,' Trump said.
Trump
also hedged on the cases of Sen Al Franken and Rep. John Conyers, two
powerful congressional Democrats who have been snared in the national
dragnet of sex abuse claims.
'I don't want to speak for Al Franken. ... He's going to have to speak for himself,' he said.
And he punted on Conyers, whose case has been in the public eye for nearly 24 hours.
'I just heard about Conyers two minutes ago,' Trump claimed.
