Missouri Republican 'Honored' By Roy Moore Endorsement

Erstwhile Alabama Senate candidate and accused-child molester Roy Moore may have become toxic in Republican Party politics, but one Missouri politician doesn't seem to have gotten the memo. Courtland Sykes, the self-proclaimed anti-feminist Senate candidate hoping to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in a statewide election later this year, said he is "deeply honored" by Moore's recent endorsement.

"To the People of the Great State of Missouri," Moore wrote in a letter dated Feb. 23. "I want to take this opportunity to recommend for your consideration my friend, Courtland Sykes, a man of vision and principle who will make a real difference in the United States Senate."

Moore, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, called Sykes "a man of impeccable character, courage, and Christian faith."

Sykes received some attention last year when he said he didn't want his daughters to "grow up into career-obsessed banshees who forego home life and children and the happiness of family to become nail-biting, manophobic, hell-bent feminist she-devils."

He also said he expects his fiancee to have dinner cooked and ready at six every evening when he comes home and called modern womanhood a product of feminists' "nasty, snake-filled heads."

Sykes will face a slew of other Republican candidates in a primary election on August 7. The winner will face Democrat Claire McCaskill on Nov. 6. McCaskill is the last Democrat to win statewide office in Missouri and Republicans are hopeful they can flip the seat. Should Sykes win the primary, he could complicate that plan.

McCaskill's 2012 race drew national attention when her opponent, Todd Akin, said women couldn't get pregnant from what he termed a "legitimate rape." A similar dynamic this year could give McCaskill a greater chance of hanging on to her seat, which will be key to Democratic hopes of retaking the Senate.

Sykes Tweeted about the endorsement Feb. 26.

I am deeply honored to announce today, that Judge Roy Moore of Alabama, unequivocally endorsed my candidacy for the Missouri U.S. Senate. No man in public life today has shown greater courage in standing up again and again for our conservative causes than Judge Moore. #MOSEN pic.twitter.com/5In40OOGxa
— Courtland Sykes (@SykesforSenate) February 26, 2018

Photo: Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore rides his horse to cast his vote in the Alabama special election in December. (Joe Raedle/News/Getty Images)