As we’ve discussed, Roy Moore filed a futile, racist-coded lawsuit to delay Alabama from certifying its senatorial election results. He lost. Again. It was a stupid lawsuit.

While digging through the stupid, a lawyer figured out that Moore outed one of his own idiot supporters in a public filing:

This law student was afraid of people finding out that he voted for Roy Moore. Moore’s lawsuit included his message as an exhibit. Heh. pic.twitter.com/X5jo7NRq5f — Judah Ariel (@judahariel) December 29, 2017

Jesus freaking Christ. I have some questions for Cale Ransom and Roy Moore, in no particular order:

“I was watching YouTube today, and an advertisement said…” Sometimes I honestly can’t believe that all votes count the same. I know that argument will be used against me more often than not, but, come on. People getting electioneering tips from YouTube advertisements get the same number of votes as you or me.

How are you a freaking LAW student who is still unclear about the SECRET BALLOT? Honestly. How is that a question?

If that is a question, why would you ask Roy Moore directly? DON’T YOU HAVE ACCESS TO GOOGLE? That’s like me DMing Kristaps Porzingis if he can recommend a good bar in Latvia.

If you are worried about secrecy, WHY ARE YOU ASKING YOUR QUESTION OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, where even “private” messages get routinely screencapped and shared publicly? Think about what happened here: a law student was worried that people would find out if he voted for Roy Moore, and so he contacted somebody he believed to be Roy Moore asking if people could figure out he supported (wait for it) ROY MOORE!

And of course Roy Moore made the message public, because Roy Moore doesn’t give one solitary s*** about his idiot supporters. He’s not here to HELP people. He’s here to fight a holy war and holy warriors tend to not give a crap about who they have to hurt on their way to God’s glory.

I never would have “outed” the guy, but his name is in a public court filing, so… what can one do? I know what law school he goes to, but I’m not going to say because it’s not germane to anything worth talking about…. But since Roy Moore has put us here anyway, this backstory is actually interesting:

As a former soldier, Ransom says he doesn’t understand [Fmr. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s position on the Medicaid expansion]. “When I came back from Iraq I had been in an environment where leaders made decisions based on what was best for the people under them. They were able to put political differences aside,” Ransom said. “I support the governor in everything he’s done up to this point, but this is a time where he needs to stand up and make a decision that will benefit the people under him instead of playing political football with our insurance policies.” Alabama is one of 24 states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

This guy was burned by voting for Republicans in Alabama. Not just because Bentley played politics with insurance and caused Ransom’s healthcare premiums to go up. Bentley, you might remember, resigned in disgrace for being an utter moral failure.

So here’s Ransom, back from Iraq, hiding out in law school where he presumably can get on a school’s health care because the Republicans wouldn’t expand Medicaid, having voted for a governor who had to flee office amid a torrid phone sex scandal. And, sitting in the dark at his computer watching YouTube, he’s apparently thinking to himself, “I really want to vote for an alleged pedophile, but I’m afraid everybody will know.”

Folks, you can’t reason with these people. You can’t convince them. You can’t deploy FACTS AND EVIDENCE to change their minds. You’re dealing with people who get their information from YOUTUBE ADS. (Not “YouTube,” no, THAT’S TOO MUCH TO ASK! We’re talking about the ADS served while watching YouTube. Can you imagine how much this guy knows about car insurance?) This freaking guy would vote for Roy Moore’s HORSE if it ran on the Republican ticket.

Will that “come back to haunt” him? It already has. Not because he’s on the record in a court document supporting an alleged pedophile, but because his slavish support for Alabama Republicans is a consistent vote against his own best interests.

Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at elie@abovethelaw.com. He will resist.