On this weekend’s broadcast of “CBS Sunday Morning,” Sen.-elect Doug Jones discussed his unlikely special election victory.
Jones reminded viewers that before Alabama had transitioned to a majority Republican state, it was once a reliable Democrat state for well over a century.
“People forget – a Republican didn’t send anybody to the Senate for over a hundred years before,” Jones said. “That changed. It changes one election at a time.”
Jones was asked if he could have defeated his opponent former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore without the bombshell allegations that first appeared in The Washington Post in early November. Jones told “CBS Sunday Morning” he believed they would have.
“Yes, I think we would have beaten him,” Jones replied. “We were getting traction. We were being inclusive and talking about issues that people care about.”
.@BojorquezCBS: Do you think you would have won had @washingtonpost not broken the story about sexual misconduct allegations?
@GDouglasJones: Yes. I think we would have beaten him. We were getting traction. We were being inclusive and talking about issues that people care about pic.twitter.com/mZt6IPFjg1— CBS Sunday Morning ? (@CBSSunday) December 17, 2017
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