Updated 5:27 p.m. | President Donald Trump broke his silence Tuesday on Republican Roy Moore and the sexual assault allegations hindering his Alabama Senate bid but isn’t ruling out campaigning for the embattled candidate.

“I can tell you one thing for sure: We don’t need a liberal person in there, a Democrat,” Trump said over the loud hum of Marine One’s engine as he left for Florida.

Trump also said the allegations against Moore are several decades old.

“I mean, Roy Moore denies it. By the way, he gives a total denial,” Trump said. “And I do have to say: 40 years is a long time. … The women are Trump voters. Most of them are Trump voters. All you can do is you have to do what you have to do. He totally denies it.”

The allegations may not be enough to keep President Trump from campaigning in Alabama for the twice-ousted former state supreme court judge.