From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel traded comments on Twitter Thursday after Kimmel sent Jake Byrd, AKA comedian Tony Barbieri, to heckle Moore during a speech at a church in Theodore on Wednesday, according to USA Today.
After the event Moore tweeted the following response to Kimmel, accusing the talk-show host of mocking “our Christian values.”
.@jimmykimmel If you want to mock our Christian values, come down here to Alabama and do it man to man. #ALSen https://t.co/E7oQB9D83P
— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 30, 2017
Kimmel replied to that tweet:
Sounds great Roy – let me know when you get some Christian values and I’ll be there!
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) November 30, 2017
Moore, in response, tweeted:
Despite D.C. and Hollywood Elites’ bigotry towards southerners, Jimmy, we’ll save you a seat on the front pew.
— Judge Roy Moore (@MooreSenate) November 30, 2017
Kimmel then seemed to accept the challenge while mentioning some attire worn by Moore at a past rally. Kimmel and also said he would be leaving his “daughters at home,” likely in response to a series of allegations of sexual misconduct made against Moore over the past weeks.
OK Roy, but I’m leaving my daughters at home! P.S. – wear that cute little leather vest https://t.co/scweglm2Fg
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) November 30, 2017
Kimmel tweeted late Thursday that his show would include a “showdown and throwdown with the despicable Roy Moore” that night.
Tonight on #Kimmel a SHOWDOWN & THROWDOWN with the despicable Roy Moore @MooreSenate, @ElizabethBanks #PitchPerfect3, Matt Smith #TheCrown, comedian @ChrisLaker and @JakeByrdFromTV makes trouble in Mobile County, Alabama
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) December 1, 2017