Tim Scott: Moore ‘should find something else to do’

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Sunday he thinks Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore should step aside in the campaign and “find something else to do.”

“The allegations are stronger than the denial, and Roy Moore should find something else to do. I think that there’s a strong possibility with a new Republican candidate, a proven conservative, that we can win that race in Alabama,” Scott said on “Fox News Sunday Morning.”

Moore is under pressure from numerous Republican lawmakers to step down in the race. He faces allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple women, including claims that he made advances on teenage girls decades ago when he was in his 30s.

Moore has been defiant, refusing to drop out of the race and calling the allegations an effort by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to steal the election from Alabama voters.

Asked on Sunday if the controversy surrounding Moore is a result of his actions or of a scheme by The Washington Post and establishment Republicans to get Moore out of the race, Scott said “the controversy is over the necessity of respecting women, period.” 

Scott said last week that the allegations against Moore were “very, very strong.”

Some Republican senators have suggested rallying a write-in campaign around Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), who lost to Moore in a primary runoff in September.

The election will take place Dec. 12.