Alabama loss offers a warning to Trump White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump endorsed two different losing candidates in the same Senate race, highlighting an experience deficit within the White House political team.
Republicans in Washington and around the country say a bungled approach to the Alabama Senate race - in which the president wagered his party's moral authority with nothing to show for it - should serve as a wakeup call for the administration going into what is sure to be a challenging midterm election year. The special Senate election in Alabama led to a victory for Democrat Doug Jones.
Trump originally supported Sen. Luther Strange in the GOP primary, but he lost to Roy Moore. Trump then stuck with Moore in the race against Jones even after the Republican was hit with multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.