Republican candidate Roy Moore arrived at his polling place in Gallant, Alabama, on horseback Tuesday to vote in the special Senate election where he faces Democratic candidate Doug Jones.

Alabama GOP candidate Roy Moore rides in on horseback to vote in #ALSen special election. https://t.co/DYWbTatXFQ pic.twitter.com/NMse0DsWjZ — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 12, 2017

The former judge showed up at his polling station, the Gallant Fire Department, around 11:30 Tuesday morning, accompanied by his horse, Sassy. Moore said he specifically rides Sassy to the polls in every election to “have good favor.”

“I think it’s a good thing to do,” Moore told CNN in September, when he rode Sassy to the polls in his runoff election against Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.). “I won the last time I rode a horse.”

"Ride sassy ride": Roy Moore arrives on HORSEBACK to vote in Alabama Senate race pic.twitter.com/ANbQM34dIj — IJR (@TheIJR) December 12, 2017

HuffPost reporter Eliot Nelson notes that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke have both ridden horses at public events, while Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) appeared in an introductory video at a convention that also prominently featured horses.

Despite these precedents, Moore’s entrance via horse on Tuesday was met with everything from incredulity to curiosity to delight:

"Roy Moore will be voting today on horseback…his trusty steed is named Sassy” is a sentence I just heard on the TV — Lauren Katzenberg (@Lkatzenberg) December 12, 2017

Roy Moore arrives on horseback to vote? We're living in the Theatre of the Absurd. — Frankly My Deer 🦌 (@FranklyMyDear71) December 12, 2017

Is Roy Moore riding to the polls on horseback the dumbest thing I will see this year? — Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) December 12, 2017

Roy Moore rides a horse to the voting site. I would vote for him for this act alone! https://t.co/C9o0yLtH3G — Miss Jo (@HaramHussy) December 12, 2017

Roy Moore riding a horse to vote, because if there's anything teen girls love, it's ponies!! — eve peyser (@evepeyser) December 12, 2017

Moore’s wife, Kayla, also arrived on horseback to the polls:

The Moores just voted and left the polls on horseback. “She is a polite rider,” Roy Moore says of his wife. “I am not. If you get in the way you will get run over.”



I moved. pic.twitter.com/vQtd45hDUm — Josh Jamerson (@joshjame) December 12, 2017

HuffPost reporter Andy Campbell, on the ground in Gallant, even attempted to talk to Sassy:

Asked whether he would comment on whether he’d write in a candidate, Sassy said “neigh” pic.twitter.com/vxgw8KQoPw — Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) December 12, 2017

Campbell reports that Moore “does this every time for his own elections and usually there’s more of a fanfare.”

Reporters clamored for Moore to address his wife’s comments, from the night before, about the couple’s Jewish attorney and the possible ethics investigation he could face if elected.

The candidate “was visibly upset by the throng, as were the horses,” Campbell said.

Moore currently faces allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple women, including some cases where the women were in their teens while Moore was in his 30s. Moore has repeatedly denied the allegations, and President Donald Trump has endorsed him passionately.