Trump congratulates Democrat for Alabama U.S. Senate victory in tweet

Trump congratulates Democrat for Alabama U.S. Senate victory in tweet

Kevin Lamarque

In a tweet, Trump congratulated Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney, who beat Republican Roy Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, who was dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct against teenagers. "The Republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends!" Trump tweeted.

(Reporting by Yasmeen Abutaleb; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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