On Friday, Congressman Barry Moore appeared on Newsmax’s National Report with Shaun Kraisman and Emma Rechenberg to discuss the indictment of former President Donald Trump. Moore predicted that Trump would get more support because of the indictment.
“He is going to get support he didn’t know he had,” Moore said. “I think you are going to see a unifying – not just the base for Donald Trump, but the Republican Party because the American people realize that there is more at stake now than just whether you like Donald Trump or not. American liberty is at stake. Trump is the tip of the spear, and he has said many times that the only thing between them and you is me, and now they are coming after him. This DA in New York has just mobilized the whole rest of the country.”
Moore predicted that the indictment of Trump would backfire on Democrats in the coming election.
“That DA might get reelected,” Moore said. “Mr. [Alvin] Bragg might get reelected, but I think it backfires in the rest of the country because we see this as just another Russia Russia, another impeachment impeachment, another Ukraine Ukraine – all of that stuff that we were told that President Trump did that is so horrible – the investigation into his tax returns.”
“I think it is going to backfire on the Democrats, and we are going to see a turnout like we have never seen,” Moore said. “I don’t think they can cheat enough to win this time.”
When Moore was in the Alabama State Legislature, he was indicted on perjury charges. Moore was ultimately found not guilty by a jury, but he said that that indictment helped his re-election campaign in 2014.
“No, not at all,” Moore said. “After I was indicted, and it was for political purposes, that following weekend, we had more volunteers than we’ve ever had in the campaign – and it was just people who knew we were fighting for the American people even at the state level. This will motivate people to mobilize and vote, and [Trump] will get more support than he has ever had.”
New York State Supreme Court Judge Sol Wachtler famously said in 1985 that prosecutors have so much influence on grand juries that they could even “indict a ham sandwich.” To emphasize Wachtler’s famous maxim, Rep. Moore’s office handed out ham sandwiches on Friday.
“We have got them in the office that says: ‘Indict this,’” Moore said. “I am inviting everyone to come by. You can indict your ham sandwich. You can do whatever you want to do, but we’re rallying behind President Trump today with ham sandwiches.”
Moore released a statement on Thursday denouncing Trump’s indictment.
“The arrest of President Trump demonstrates more than ever how the Democrats have weaponized the government against the American people,” Moore said. “As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I am committed to holding the Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney accountable by requesting to review all documents in this case and working to ensure that federal funds are not used on this political witch hunt.”
Barry Moore is in his second term representing Alabama’s Second Congressional District.
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