[Lemon:] All eyes are on Alabama tonight with voters are set to go to the polls in a matter of hours in an election like none we have seen before. The Republican candidate Roy Moore an accused child molester. Earlier I had talked to the always outspoken Charles Barkley who is campaigning for Moore's opponent, Democrat Doug Jones. How you doing, Charles?
[Charles Barkley, Former Nba Player:] Nervous. Nervous. I got to say I can't believe we're in this situation where the people of Alabama are going to turn a blind eye to all the accusations, all the rhetoric, all the racist BST. Steve Bannon's down here again today who's a white nationalist who is a white separatist. He is campaigning for the third time for Roy Moore. And I can't believe the people of Alabama will let them get away with that, Don.
[Lemon:] I want our viewers to hear some of what you're saying because you have been campaigning there I know at least all weekend. You were on stage today. Let's listen to some of it and then we'll talk.
[Barkley:] At some point we've got to stop look like idiots to the nation.
[Lemon:] It wasn't an easy decision, I would imagine for you or maybe it was to go down there and take away for from your personal life, your business, your family and start campaigning for Doug Jones.
[Barkley:] Well, I wanted to look my family and my friends in the eye and tell them they got to get out and vote. I think sometimes a lot of people are disillusioned with the American dream. They just become nonchalant. But this is about the big picture for Alabama. Listen, Alabama's a wonderful place. We've got some great people here. But these people have been held down for so long. They hide under the umbrella of religion. When I got here, I'm looking at Roy Moore ads. And they're the same ads that I saw 30 years ago against gay marriage, against abortion, against any form of illegal immigration. And talking about if you believe in God, the Washington insiders don't like you. It's the same religious facts that they've been using to win elections. And I wish sometimes people would look past quote-unquote their religious believes and just try to do the right thing. You can't just win elections talking about I'm against gay marriage, I'm against the abortion, I'm against illegal immigrants. That is not a way to win an election. This is 2017. We're already behind the times here in Alabama. And it's just sad more than anything. We need to get everybody out and vote for Doug Jones. It's a really big deal.
[Lemon:] Do you think people, though, the people who need to hear you, Charles. Do you think they're hearing you? Or do you think they're tuned 2into conservative radio or media that is going to say to them what they want to confirm or reconfirm their own believes about Roy Moore? As I listen to the sound bites, I'm a son of the south, I can't believe the way some people are twisting themselves into pretzels trying to figure out a way they can vote for Roy Moore. Why do you think people are so willing to dismiss credible allegations and crazy things that he has said on the record?
[Barkley:] Well, because in the south one of the reason the south is always behind the times they use like I say, I look at his commercials. All he talked about is I'm a Christian, and Washington they don't want my Christian values in Washington. He is against abortion. He is calling Mr. Jones because he is pro-choice, he is calling him a baby killer. And he just shows all these pictures talking about Trump says the same thing. Listen, I think these Hispanic people are amazing. I think they do work the whites and blacks don't want to do. And to act like illegal immigration is the biggest problem in our state is disingenuous. But there's a faction of people in the south who got all the money and all the control. They just want to keep us dumbed down and keep all the money and the power. That is always been the case in the south, and it's really unfortunate.
[Lemon:] Let's discuss all of this now CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers, Alice Stewart and Mike Shields. Tonight he is down there and he is stomping for Doug Jones. Roy Moore, both of them held their final rallies. Alice, I want to play some this is very powerful sound from a local peanut farmer. And he talks about losing his gay daughter to suicide at the age of 23. Watch this.
[Unidentified Male:] I was anti-gay myself. I said bad things to my daughter myself which I regret. But I can't take back what happened to my daughter. But stuff like saying my daughter's a pervert, I'm sure that bothered her. Judge Moore, he didn't call my daughter by name. He said all gay people are perverts, abominations. That is not true. We don't need a person like that representing us in Washington.
[Lemon:] Brave man. He is out there for her daughter. What's your response?
[Alice Stewart, Cnn Political Commentator:] I lived in Dothan for a few years, I met a lot of peanut farmers just like him. I can feel his pain and I understand his frustration. The reality is a lot of people in Alabama their core issue that their making their decision on is the life issue. And Roy Moore supports life. And that is going to be a big factor in this race. But at the end of the day I think Charles Barkley was very compelling in his closing argument for Doug Jones. I think he should have been out there a long time ago. We also heard tonight from Steve Bannon once again out there campaigning for Roy Moore. Basically counteracting what Ivanka Trump says. He says there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children. But tonight Steve Bannon says there's a special place in hell for Republicans who just don't get it with regard to Roy Moore. I think that is very troubling. I think in my view the accusations against Roy Moore is very troubling. I believe these women, I believe what they said. His denials do not stand up to their allegations. And I think in my view as a Republican, long-term for this Party, it would be much better off if we had a write in candidate. And I think it's better for us to look at the long-term gain than the short term issue.
[Lemon:] That is going to be the issue when come 2018 and 2020. Bakari, I don't know if you want to respond to Charles, but to Alice's point, Steve Bannon is out there, that sheriff with the cowboy hat joined him at a rally this evening. Is this what, the Republican Party, do they want the mainstream GOP, is that what they want?
[Bakari Sellers, Former House Of Representatives:] I don't know. Sheriff Clark is my favorite white supremacists, but I digress. Listen, I like the fact that what Doug Jones had tonight with Charles Barkley and with the peanut farmer that we heard, it contrasted with Roy Moore had with Steve Bannon and Sherriff Clark. The reason being is because it was so genuine. You could hear Charles' voice, you could hear the pain in the peanut farmer's choice. They are Alabama. And they're not Cory Booker, not Steve Bannon, not anyone coming in from the outside to tell us how to vote. But what they are saying we're from Alabama and we need to reflect the values that we hold true. I don't know if that is going to win the day, because there are issues that Alice pointed out, which I heard and I was there every single day with Doug Jones. And every time I was trying to talk to a voter whether they were going to come out to vote for Doug Jones or Roy Moore, there was always the issue for abortion. My response is the irony in this situation is that Roy Moore may care about a child in the womb, but then he preys on them when they become teenagers. What about that hypocrisy? When are people going to vote for just good people? My last point, the closing argument Doug Jones has been making for the past week that this peanut farmer echoed, that Charles Barkley has echoed, it's been about him. It hasn't necessarily been about Roy Moore but the good things and good virtues that Alabama represents.
[Lemon:] Michael I want to get you in. Moore supporters that Moore is receiving a hi-tech lynching, that was Clarence Thomas' phrase back in the day for those who might not remember. What do you think of him invoking the image of lynching and applying it to Roy Moore?
[Mike Shields, Former Rnc Chief Of Staff:] Look I mean, first of all, Charles Barkley, I love him as a basketball player. But Roy Moore would actually want to take your interview with Charles Barkley and send it out to the voters of Alabama. He doesn't want to talk about the allegations against him. He is going to win if he wins, because of the things Charles was talking about like the life issue. So what I look at when I see Alabama is the Democratic Party after losing the 2016 election said you know what, we've got to talk to those voters. We're not able to talk to working class voters across the country. And if they can't win in Alabama when allegations have been raised against Roy Moore, whatever project they have to reach voters is failing. What Charles Barkley said right back there is not the way the Democratic Party starts to make inroads with the voters that are causing him to lose elections across the country. They are still heading to a completely wrong direction. And what does it say about the Alabama party that the wrong issues on guns and abortion and parts of the country that had them keep losing. So that is what I see in Alabama.
[Lemon:] We're going to come back. We'll go to break. And I also want to ask the question, do all working class voters hold those extreme views? I don't think so. We will be right back.