On Wednesday evening, Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore spoke several times at a church service at Magnolia Springs Baptist Church in Theodore, Alabama. That wouldn’t be noteworthy, except that a leftist protester then showed up at the service and interrupted Moore, shouting, “The whole town says you did it! The entire town? All the girls are lying?” As Breitbart News reported, other members of the church told the man to get out, and the church’s pastor told the assembled crowd, “it is illegal to disturb a worship service. The next one who disturbs the service will be turned over to the police. As the pastor of this church, I’m saying we’re going to do things peacefully and in order. If you love Roy Moore or you hate Roy Moore, listen.”
The protester was removed.
It turns out that he was a fellow named Rich Barbieri — an employee of Jimmy Kimmel’s, better known as Jake Byrd.




Ben H. Raines
✔@BenHRaines
Turns out tonight's Roy Moore superfan is a comedian named Tony Barbieri, part of Jimmy Kimmel's gang.
11:02 PM - Nov 29, 2017
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After the news came out, Moore himself tweeted at Kimmel:


Judge Roy Moore
✔@MooreSenate
.@jimmykimmel If you want to mock our Christian values, come down here to Alabama and do it man to man.  http://bit.ly/2AqwvSr 
2:24 PM - Nov 30, 2017

Exclusive — Roy Moore Campaign to Jimmy Kimmel: If You Want to 'Mock Our Christian Values,' 'Come...

THEODORE, Alabama — The U.S. Senate campaign of Judge Roy Moore is firing back at Jimmy Kimmel and his paid trickster Rich Barbieri.
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Kimmel replied:

Judge Roy Moore
✔@MooreSenate
.@jimmykimmel If you want to mock our Christian values, come down here to Alabama and do it man to man.  http://bit.ly/2AqwvSr 

Jimmy Kimmel
✔@jimmykimmel
Sounds great Roy - let me know when you get some Christian values and I’ll be there!
2:57 PM - Nov 30, 2017
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Moore responded:

Jimmy Kimmel
✔@jimmykimmel
Replying to @MooreSenate
Sounds great Roy - let me know when you get some Christian values and I’ll be there!

Judge Roy Moore
✔@MooreSenate
Despite D.C. and Hollywood Elites' bigotry towards southerners, Jimmy, we'll save you a seat on the front pew.
4:34 PM - Nov 30, 2017
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Kimmel had the last word:


Jimmy Kimmel
✔@jimmykimmel
OK Roy, but I'm leaving my daughters at home! P.S. - wear that cute little leather vest https://twitter.com/MooreSenate/status/936347050614108162 …
4:43 PM - Nov 30, 2017
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This battle is likely to redound to the benefit of both sides. For Kimmel, it’s a way to show that he takes sexual assault and harassment seriously, and that he despises Moore for the sexual molestation allegations against him; for Moore, it’s a way to bounce off of Kimmel’s hard-core leftism, and use Hollywood’s opposition as an excuse to vote for him. Reactionary politics only benefits the reactionaries. Kimmel is free to criticize Moore on his massively-watched program every night; invading a church service is designed to get a rise out of Moore and generate heat. Moore loves it, too: he now gets to use Kimmel as his foil.