Doug Jones continues to endorse out-of-state Democrats as his office ducks constituent phone calls

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October 3, 2018

On the heels of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) last week announcing her firm “no” vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) announced his endorsement of the liberal senator on Twitter.

The stated reason for Jones’ vocal support of the out-of-state Democrat? McCaskill’s opponent is backing a lawsuit that would end Obamacare.

So why would AG @HalweyMO go to court to deny healthcare to folks w/pre-existing conditions? Because @clairemc fought the efforts in the Senate! We need to do all we can to keep@Claire in the Senate! https://t.co/haZzW4POQ5

— Doug Jones (@DougJones) October 2, 2018

Jones’ talking point, which comes directly out of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) midterms playbook, has been rated as misleading by fact checkers.

This latest endorsement by Jones follows in a lengthy line of out-of-state Democratic activity by Alabama’s junior senator, including last week supporting the reelection of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and traveling to Democratic Party events in Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi and campaigning for Hillary Clinton’s ex-running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Democratic House candidate Danny O’Connor (OH-12) and now-Rep. Conor Lamb (PA-18) in the last nine months.

It also comes right after Yellowhammer News on Tuesday reported on Jones’ office hanging up on and shying away from pro-Kavanaugh constituents.

Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn

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