The circus trainwreck that is the Alabama Senate race is the focus of everyone’s attention today. Will it be Doug Jones or Roy Moore with the winning votes? Who knows. However, the plot twists involving Twitter, Steve Bannon, the History Channel and Roy Moore’s horse certainly add to the drama!

First off we have Steve Bannon. Quite frankly I’ve never been a fan, especially since he ruined Andrew Breitbart’s legacy. Needless to say, his diatribe at a rally last night didn’t help matters.

In Midland City, Alabama, Steve Bannon goes after @JoeNBC, saying he got into better schools than Joe could have—Georgetown and Harvard. This might be the wrong place for that attack: Joe went to the University of Alabama.

— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) December 12, 2017

Oooh boy …that’s not going to end well. Football is king in the south and by golly you do NOT diss those schools while standing inside the state lines! But go ahead Steve. You do you.

Next up – the History Channel.

Here’s a list of 5 of the most daring escapes from slavery. Although according to Roy Moore, America was great then – so why would people want to escape?
https://t.co/Igbl6ml5I0 pic.twitter.com/wvu9q92ccM

— HISTORY (@HISTORY) December 11, 2017

Last I checked, the History Channel is supposed to provide info on HISTORY. Not current events. Nor should it/they be taking sides. But that’s what they did!

Somebody get the millennial intern away from the social media accounts.

— Ashur Wiedrich (@WiedrichAshur) December 11, 2017

Yes please.

As if it wasn’t enough for the History Channel to dive into the race, an interesting and really kind of ugly Twitter trend started up called Dear Alabama.

Here’s a sampling for both sides:

Dear Alabama,

Don't vote for a homophobic, racist, xenophobic, gun-wielding misogynist child molester for the United States Senate! The rest of the country is counting on you to make this very important decision! #VoteDougJones #DougJonesForSenate

— Jimmy Austin (@jimmygaustin) December 12, 2017

Well gosh. Tell us how you really feel!

https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/940654488951521280

Dear Alabama Conservatives, do not abandon our innocent preborn children by voting Jones today.

— Devin Sena (@DevinSenaUI) December 12, 2017

Dear Alabama,

Do you believe in liberty or authoritarian government?
Do you want your money used to murder babies?
Do you value your 2nd Amend rights?
What kind of justice do you want on the Supreme Court?

These are the issues that matter, not 40-year-old unproven allegations.

— Mark Pantano (@TheMarkPantano) December 12, 2017

Understandably, there are quite a few folks living IN Alabama who aren’t fans of this cutesy Dear Alabama trend, and I don’t blame them!

As someone who lives in a state whose residents bristle whenever outsiders tell us how to vote, and who are especially turned off when they feel they are being judged, I’m not convinced the “Dear Alabama” tweets will have their intended effect.

— Pamela Colloff (@pamelacolloff) December 12, 2017

Yep. I’d say this trend could backfire significantly.

And, to round things out for the morning we have Roy Moore on a horse!

Former Alabama state judge Roy Moore arrived at his polling station, the Gallant Fire Department, just after 11:30 a.m. eastern time Tuesday.

He showed up on horseback, riding his horse named “Sassy.”

Yes folks, Roy Moore rode to his polling place on horseback. See for yourself!

Needless to say, this grabbed everyone’s attention. In spades.

Also the most 1817 thing

— Space Force Commander Josh Perry (@MrJoshPerry) December 12, 2017

Keep in mind, this isn’t the first time Moore has ridden to the polls. 

“I think it’s a good thing to do, I won the last time I rode a horse, I think maybe have good favor,” Moore told CNN during his Republican primary runoff against Sen. Luther Strange.