How did this guy get a law degree again?
Roy Moore, the Republican candidate to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ seat in the U.S. Senate, incorrectly said Wednesday that football players who take a knee during the national anthem are breaking the law.
“It’s against the law, you know that?” Moore told Time in an interview. “It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That’s the law.”
Moore was referring, Time reported, to a section of the U.S. code that says those listening to the national anthem when the flag is displayed “should” stand at attention with their hands on their hearts.
“Should” falls far short of making standing during the anthem a legal requirement. Relatedly, the Supreme Court
ruled in 1943 that students could not be punished for failing to stand for the pledge of allegiance in public schools.
According to Time, Moore also said that standing for the anthem was a matter of “the rule of law,” and that “[i]f they didn’t have it in there, it would just be tradition. But this is law.”
“If we disobey this, what else are we going to disobey?” he asked.
Then again, this is the same doofus who’s disobeyed federal judges orders on removing the Ten Commandments statue from the state courthouse and refused to allow gay couples to get married despite it being legal. So clearly, Moore thinks he’s above the law and can interpret it any way he wants. Meanwhile, Democracy for America is doubling down to help Doug Jones (D. AL) defeat this clown. Received this e-mail from DFA today:
This is stunning: a new Fox News poll shows Democrat Doug Jones and right-wing extremist Roy Moore are tied 42%-42% in the upcoming U.S. Senate special election in Alabama.
Doug Jones took on the KKK and won. Roy Moore is a racist, anti-gay radical who was kicked off the Alabama Supreme Court twice for his hateful views.
Democracy for America is supporting Doug Jones's run for U.S. Senate not just because his opponent is unfit to serve -- but because he has the progressive track record the Democratic Party needs in this key Senate race in the Deep South.
Polls show we can stop Roy Moore from going to the U.S. Senate. Chip in $3 or more to help DFA elect Doug Jones in the Alabama special election!
Just last week, we learned even more about Roy Moore’s extremism: it emerged that in 2010, he signed onto a resolution supporting states’ ability to nullify federal laws. This is the same theory that slaveowners and their supporters espoused before and during the Civil War.
Oh, and Roy Moore's foundation hosted pro-Confederate "Secession Day" events in 2009 and 2010.
By contrast, Doug Jones has spent his life fighting for racial and economic justice. He comes from a union family of steelworkers and miners. He grew up working class in Fairfield, Alabama, and went to law school because he wanted to be a part of the solution in working for a more just, free, and equitable country.
As a civil rights attorney, Doug Jones successfully won the long-overdue conviction of the KKK members who murdered four little Black girls -- while they were attending Sunday School -- in the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
We have to be clear: this is still going to be an uphill battle. But the poll shows a path to victory. If Democratic Party candidates run authentically on their values, prioritize and invest in voters of color, and build strong grassroots organizing operation, we can reverse the right-wing trend.
Polls show a Democratic, KKK-fighting civil rights attorney named Doug Jones can stop Roy Moore from becoming the next U.S. Senator from Alabama. Will you help? Chip in $3 or more to elect Doug Jones in Alabama!
Thank you for joining this crucial campaign.
- Robert
Robert Cruickshank, Senior Campaign Manager
Democracy for America
Click here to donate to Jones’ campaign.