--- title: Barbara Comstock Denounces Roy Moore and His Defenders description: As she fights her own re-election battle, Virginia GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock said that Alabama's Roy Moore should not serve in the Senate canonical: https://time.com/5019681/barbara-comstock-roy-moore-senate/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-10T20:40:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:12:16.554Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'Beyond Disturbing.' Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock Denounces Roy Moore og:description: She also blasted his defenders og:url: https://time.com/5019681/barbara-comstock-roy-moore-senate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb014315d17de506/6988e5730a4a22de239d0ab1/gettyimages-865833762.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rep. Barbara Comstock og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Beyond Disturbing.' Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock Denounces Roy Moore twitter:description: She also blasted his defenders twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb014315d17de506/6988e5730a4a22de239d0ab1/gettyimages-865833762.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Beyond Disturbing.' Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock Denounces Roy Moore  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 10, 2017 8:40 PM UTC  Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday, oct. 24, 2017. Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday, oct. 24, 2017.Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 10, 2017 8:40 PM UTC As she fights her own re-election battle, Virginia GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock said that Alabama candidate Roy Moore [should not serve in the Senate](http://time.com/5017647/mitch-mcconnell-roy-moore-alabama-senate/). “To date Roy Moore has not provided any credible explanation or response to the detailed allegations,” Comstock said in a statement. “The defense from some of his supporters is beyond disturbing… Roy Moore should not serve in the U.S. Senate.” Four women [have accused](http://time.com/5017542/roy-moore-sexual-contact-underage-senate/) Moore of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers ranging from ages 14 to 18 and he was in his 30s. > [](https://twitter.com/BarbaraComstock/status/929068709259464709) Comstock’s statement comes as her own bid for re-election has potentially gotten trickier. She’s running as a Republican in a Virginia district that [voted this week for a Democratic candidate for governor](http://time.com/5014597/ralph-northam-ed-gillespie-virginia-election/) by a 12 point margin, [Business Insider reports](http://www.businessinsider.com/barbara-comstock-2018-virginia-2017-11). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5019681/barbara-comstock-roy-moore-senate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5019681/barbara-comstock-roy-moore-senate/"},"headline":"'Beyond Disturbing.' Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock Denounces Roy Moore","datePublished":"2017-11-10T20:40:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:12:16.554Z","description":"As she fights her own re-election battle, Virginia GOP Rep. 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