Controversial candidate, Roy Moore, has defeated rival Luther Strange to be the Republican candidate for the Alabama seat of the US Senate in the upcoming election in November.

Moore had previously garnered notoriety for his actions as Chief Justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court.  In 2003, he was temporarily removed from his position after he refused to remove the Ten Commandments from Alabama’s State Capitol building. Moore was reappointed to the position in 2013, only to be suspended in 2015 for refusing to enforce the Obergefell v. Hodges decision to legally recognise same-sex unions.

Moore’s victory has caused alarm among members of the mainstream media. Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC’s Hardball, referred to the Republican candidate as a ‘wild man’:

“It’s like your party is losing seats for moderate. Charlie Dent from Pennsylvania just quits,  Bob Corker just quits —they are not comfortable in the party anymore, these guys. And all of a  sudden a guy like Roy Moore feels comfortable. He is part of the Republican party now. These other guys don’t feel like they are. Moderates or people who we used to call mainstream  Republicans are quitting. The wild people are coming on board.”

Similarly, the host of MSNBC’s Deadline, Nicole Wallace, also expressed her displeasure at Moore’s victory:

“I guess the question is though, John — is anyone in the Senate, any Republicans going to say,  ‘I don’t want to be in the same party as Roy Moore. I’m not going to be for him. I’m not endorsing him. I’m not backing him because that could save the Republican. You may lose a seat, but you  might save the Republican Party.”