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In Alabama Senate race, Roy Moore stirs far right base

FILE -In this April 26, 2017 file photo, Roy Moore smiles before announcing his Alabama Junior Senate race candidacy, in Montgomery, Ala. As former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, runs for U.S. Senate, he doesn't shrink from telling voters he has twice been ousted from the bench for defying federal courts over the Ten Commandments and same-sex marriage. Instead, he wears those rejections as a badge of honor. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)
FILE -In this April 26, 2017 file photo, Roy Moore smiles before announcing his Alabama Junior Senate race candidacy, in Montgomery, Ala. As former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, runs for U.S. Senate, he doesn't shrink from telling voters he has twice been ousted from the bench for defying federal courts over the Ten Commandments and same-sex marriage. Instead, he wears those rejections as a badge of honor. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File) FILE -In this April 26, 2017 file photo, Roy Moore smiles before announcing his Alabama Junior Senate race candidacy, in Montgomery, Ala. As former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, runs for U.S. Senate, he doesn't shrink from telling voters he has twice been ousted from the bench for defying federal courts over the Ten Commandments and same-sex marriage. Instead, he wears those rejections as a badge of honor. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

By Associated Press 4 min read

OXFORD, Ala. (AP) – As former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore runs for U.S. Senate, he doesn’t shrink from telling voters he has twice been ousted from the bench for defying federal courts over the Ten Commandments and same-sex marriage.

Instead, he wears those rejections as a badge of honor.

Moore tells Republican voters in the blood-red state that they are akin to battle scars for standing up for what he believes.

“I will not only say what is right, I will do what is right,” Moore said during a June forum in the east Alabama city of Oxford.

The fiery, outspoken jurist is part of a crowded GOP field vying to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ old seat in the U.S. Senate. Moore’s iconic status in the culture wars gives him a strong GOP voter base and makes him a leading contender in the Aug. 15 primary.