In an interview with Huntsville radio’s WVNN on Tuesday, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) dismissed the relevance of who his potential Republican opponent might be in the 2020 U.S. Senate election on the heels of the announcement of two high-profile candidates entering the contest, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill.
In addition to Moore and Merrill, Jones could also face U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope), former Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville or State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) in a potential head-to-head general election match-up.
During the interview, Jones touted efforts to promote Huntsville as the Department of Defense’s preferred location for the new U.S. Space Command headquarters and to repeal the widow’s tax as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which he proclaimed to be his focus despite the claims of what he called “talking points” from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
“I have no idea who I might face,” Jones replied. “It doesn’t really matter. We’re doing the work that we are for Alabama. What’s really interesting is that every one of those other candidates seem to be talking from the same Mitch McConnell-talking points saying I represent people more in California than in Alabama, which obviously they’re not looking at my record on health care, on the widow’s tax, on tariffs – all of the issues you and I have talked about, Jeff. So, we’re just going to continue doing what we’re doing.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.
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