Roy Moore Officially Announces Run for Senate Seat Despite Trump Admonishment

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore announces his run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Montgomery, Ala. on June 20, 2019. Julie Bennett/AP Photo

Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore will run again in 2020 despite President Donald Trump asking the Republican not to do so.

Trump took to Twitter on May 29 to say he supported Moore during the 2017 special election for the Alabama seat but does not for the 2020 election.