--- title: Donald Trump Deleted Twitter Posts After Roy Moore Won description: President Donald Trump appears to have deleted Twitter posts about Alabama Sen. Luther Strange after Roy Moore beat him in the GOP primary. canonical: https://time.com/4958763/donald-trump-twitter-roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-27T12:14:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:36:55.861Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Deleted Tweets About Luther Strange. Now He's Talking Up Roy Moore og:description: Moore beat the Trump-backed candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Alabama og:url: https://time.com/4958763/donald-trump-twitter-roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d7e887a71e74e9a/6988df8c656a3f97fdbd1dca/donald-trump-luther-strange-tweets.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Deleted Tweets About Luther Strange. Now He's Talking Up Roy Moore twitter:description: Moore beat the Trump-backed candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Alabama twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d7e887a71e74e9a/6988df8c656a3f97fdbd1dca/donald-trump-luther-strange-tweets.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Deleted Tweets About Luther Strange. Now He's Talking Up Roy Moore Instead  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 27, 2017 12:14 PM UTC  Alabama Republican Sen. Luther Strange (L) walks to embrace President Donald Trump during the senator's rally at the Von Braun Civic Center Sept. 22, 2017 in Huntsville, Alabama. Alabama Republican Sen. Luther Strange (L) walks to embrace President Donald Trump during the senator's rally at the Von Braun Civic Center Sept. 22, 2017 in Huntsville, Alabama.Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 27, 2017 12:14 PM UTC President Donald Trump appears to have deleted his most recent Twitter posts about incumbent Alabama Sen. Luther Strange, instead voicing newfound support for [Roy Moore](http://time.com/4953360/alabama-senate-race-roy-moore-quotes/?xid=homepage), who [won the run-off election](http://time.com/4958583/roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama-senate-run-off-donald-trump/?xid=homepage) in the GOP primary for the Senate seat on Tuesday. “Spoke to Roy Moore of Alabama last night for the first time. Sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. He will help to #MAGA!” Trump wrote in [a tweet](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912994446219898880) early Wednesday morning. Trump congratulated Moore for winning on Tuesday and said Strange “ran a good race.” But some of the President’s most recent tweets about Strange disappeared. On Tuesday, Trump had encouraged Alabama voters to throw their support behind Strange. “He has proven to me that he will never let you down,” Trump said in a a tweet that has since been removed. In another deleted tweet, Trump said Strange was “shooting up in the Alabama polls since my endorsement.” A similar tweet from Monday has also been removed. “Big election tomorrow in the Great State of Alabama. Vote for Senator Luther Strange, tough on crime & border – will never let you down!” Trump wrote at the time. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912863676792786946) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/912994446219898880) Moore, an anti-establishment candidate and former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, will now face off against Democratic nominee Doug Jones in the special election in December. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4958763/donald-trump-twitter-roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4958763/donald-trump-twitter-roy-moore-luther-strange-alabama/"},"headline":"President Trump Deleted Tweets About Luther Strange. 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