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Article snippet: HENAGAR, Ala. — In a Senate race full of will-he-or-won’t-he dramas, President Trump settled one last week at the White House when he expressed support for Roy S. Moore. But nearly a week after Mr. Trump essentially offered his renewed endorsement for Mr. Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct or unwanted advances involving teenage girls, the president’s words and tweets seem to have done little to stabilize or strengthen Mr. Moore’s campaign. Instead, Mr. Moore and his supporters are already finding the outer boundaries of the White House’s tepid embrace — and, more crucially, the limits of just how much Mr. Trump’s support means in a state where he is widely popular. “The average voter in Alabama doesn’t pay much attention to outsiders, to out-of-state support,” said the state auditor, Jim Zeigler, a Republican who has endorsed Mr. Moore. That go-it-alone attitude has helped power Mr. Moore’s political career past decades of controversies, including his two removals, in effect, as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. And indications are that the outcome of Mr. Moore’s campaign will be settled by what happens in Alabama, not what Mr. Trump says in Washington. Mr. Trump already knows something about the limits of his influence in Alabama politics. He and the country’s top Republicans repeatedly endorsed Senator Luther Strange, Mr. Moore’s leading rival, in their primary election, only to see Mr. Strange lose by nine percentage points. Mr. Trump t... Link to the full article to read more