On a night he was scheduled to talk to reporters but didn't, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore bemoaned the fact that, as a politician, he can't respond to untrue allegations.

During a speech at the Madison County Republican Freedom Gala in Huntsville, Moore did not address reports that his faith-based foundation might lose its tax-exempt status because of unreported financial dealings.

"It's been a very rough campaign," Moore said. "There have been so many things said against us, about us, that are untrue. And you want to respond but in politics, you can't. You can't get out and jump into this because it's a no-win situation because they will keep it up."

Moore immediately pivoted to another topic and never made clear what was "untrue."

On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that Moore's Foundation for Moral Law had failed to fully disclose income either paid to Moore or owed to him. The IRS also informed the not-for-profit foundation that it could lose its tax-exempt status because of those incomplete disclosures, The Post reported.

Moore was scheduled to talk with reporters in a brief gaggle following his speech, a plan that was confirmed two days ago, according to GOP officials. But that gaggle was scrapped on Thursday night just before the gala began.

Instead, an hour before the gala began, the Moore campaign issued a scathing statement on The Post but did not cite aspects of the story that it disagreed with.

The Post reported on Thursday night that the historic building in downtown Montgomery that's the foundation's home - which is part of the deferred compensation owed to Moore - was put up for sale in April. The asking price for the building is more than $1.8 million, which could net Moore $540,000 in that deferred compensation, The Post reported.

In his 22-minute speech, Moore never directly addressed the allegations in The Post report. AL.com has also reported on the financial dealings of Moore's foundation.

Instead, his address contrasted his campaign with that of Democrat Doug Jones, whom Moore will face in the Dec. 12 Senate election. He also promised to help President Trump push his agenda through Congress and reiterated the importance of God in the founding and growth of the country as well as the need for the Americans to put God at the center of their lives.

Moore talked about the challenges of the Republican candidates in the primary distinguishing their conservative bona fides from each other but how that's not the case in the race against Jones.

"In the race I'm in now, I see something different," Moore said. "I see a philosophy so different it is astounding. We talked about the wall and immigration and today, in this campaign now, it seems like the other side wants open borders, wants open immigration. We talked about health care - we all talked about repealing or replacing health care. I personally stand for repealing Obamacare. But, on the other side in this campaign, they want to keep exactly what we've got in Obamacare.

"The military, we wanted to rebuild the military and build it up strong. The other side, they don't want to do that."

Political issues aside, Moore said he sees a more significant issue.

"One of the biggest issues in this country is, Are we going back to an understanding of where we began or not? Do we want to keep our Constitution? Do we want to keep an understanding of that Constitution and its relationship to God? Do any people in our country still understand why we must retain the knowledge of God in society? Is it just a religious thing?

"I submit to you that it is not just a religious thing. It's not something that we have an alternative. If we don't recognize that this nation was founded upon God, then we're going to lose our country. We're going to lose our rights and we're going to lose our freedoms."

Moore also repeatedly praise U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator whose seat Moore and Jones are seeking to fill, as part of a federal government striving to make things better in the aftermath of the Obama administration.

"I believe the people in government right now, Donald Trump included, are trying to do something right," Moore said. "They are having problems. They are fighting the establishment, which I've had some experience with. They don't want to change. They don't want to change what they are doing. And Donald Trump has been frustrated. Not saying he's a perfect person - nobody's perfect.

"But I think he's trying to do what's right. And I'll give him my support when I get there. And I will tell him some of the things that I've done that may help him. I'm sure he's got a lot more problems than any of you could even imagine. You go through a presidency for four years, it's probably like going to hell and back because it's not easy."