GOOD SIGN: Moore plots with conservatives, snubs GOP leaders

The Alabama Senate candidate met with Ted Cruz and Rand Paul — but not Mitch McConnell

Roy Moore rode into Washington this week to shore up his main constituency: Rebellious Republicans.

The GOP’s divisive nominee in the Alabama Senate race visited on Wednesday and Thursday with three of the most defiant Republican senators: Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. He was expected to meet with House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) later Thursday. And Moore was dining with conservative leaders Jim DeMint, the former senator from South Carolina and ex-president of The Heritage Foundation, and David McIntosh, the president of the Club for Growth, on Thursday evening, according to a source familiar with the gathering.

Roy Moore has been rebuffing key GOP figures during

his first trip to Washington since winning a heated 

primary against Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.).

Dave Martin/AP Photo

One person Moore did not see: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whom Moore wants to dethrone. And he did not visit the Senate Republican lunch, as is customary for Senate GOP primary winners.

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“I look forward to serving with him,” Cruz said in an interview Thursday. “It is certainly the case that we need more strong conservatives in the Senate, and I have every reason to believe that’s precisely the sort of senator he will be.” ...

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