11/21/2017
Gen Z PAC is proud to announce our support for Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate Race. Today, we donated money directly to Jones’ campaign and launched an ad campaign. The special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Senate seat will take place December 12th. For ZPAC, the decision to endorse Jones is not a partisan one. Simply put, we at ZPAC believe his opponent, Roy Moore, is not fit for office.
In 2003, Moore was removed from his position as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court after he refused to comply with a judge’s order to remove a religious monument he commissioned for the state judicial building. He was re-elected in 2012 only to be forced to resign in 2016. His resignation followed a controversial order to lower Alabama courts directing them to ignore the Supreme Court of the United State’s legalization of gay marriage. Just 6 days after his resignation, Moore announced his Senate campaign.
In recent days, 9 women have come forward alleging that Moore sexually assaulted them and/or made romantic advances while they were in their teens and he was in his 30’s. If these allegations are true, it can be inferred that Moore poses a significant threat to young people. Potential colleagues on both side of the aisle have disavowed Moore. Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell called for Moore to drop out of the race last week, saying that he believes the allegations of sexual assault levied against Moore are true. Senator Cory Gardner, who is the head of the Republican Senate campaign committee, threatened Moore with expulsion from the Senate if he is elected. Expulsion does not seem too remote a reality for Moore. The action requires 66 of the 100 Senators to vote in favor of Moore’s removal. The necessity of such an act would be a waste as the deadline for a budget draws closer and an insult to the Senate’s prestigious reputation. Furthermore, Moore should not be allowed to participate in a government whose laws and principles he has consistently flouted.
