Cruz throws support behind Roy Moore in Alabama Senate race

Sen. Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump Jr. subpoena sparks internal GOP battle Ted Cruz: There's no need for another subpoena for Donald Trump Jr. Top White House telecom adviser David Redl resigns MORE (R-Texas) is throwing his support behind Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) ahead of the December special election.

Cruz praised Moore in a post on his website Tuesday, portraying the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice as a constitutional conservative.

“[Voters] can choose a liberal Democrat, who will stand with Chuck SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerCall Trump's tax cut what it was: Keynesian Trump will 'hang tough' on China, political fallout be damned Do Democrats really want to see the unredacted special counsel report? MORE to raise taxes, weaken our military, open our border, and undermine our constitutional rights. Or, they can choose to elect Judge Roy Moore, a conservative who will proudly defend Alabama values,” Cruz wrote.

Cruz also praised Moore’s “lifelong passion for the Constitution and Bill of Rights.”

Cruz is the latest conservative GOP senator to back Moore ahead of the special election Dec. 12, when Moore faces off against Democrat Doug Jones.

Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulThe Hill's Morning Report — Trump escalates trade war with China as talks continue Ted Cruz: There's no need for another subpoena for Donald Trump Jr. The Hill's 12:30 Report: Dems raise stakes with talk of 'constitutional crisis' MORE (R-Ky.) endorsed Moore last week, saying the judge has “spent a lifetime defending and standing up for the Constitution," and Sen. Mike LeeMichael (Mike) Shumway LeeExport-Import Bank back to full strength after Senate confirmations Trump, Senate GOP discuss effort to overhaul legal immigration Overnight Defense: Pentagon plans to make sexual harassment a crime | Military sexual assaults up 38 percent | Senate fails to override Trump's Yemen veto MORE (R-Utah) also endorsed Moore.

A Fox News poll last week found Moore and Jones tied with 42 percent support each.

A number of controversial comments Moore has previously made have seen renewed attention during his Senate campaign.

Moore once argued the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize gay marriage was “even worse" than its ruling that found African Americans were not citizens, and therefore property, and during a campaign speech in September, Moore lamented racial divisions between “reds and yellows.”

CNN previously reported that Moore implied during a speech to a church congregation in February that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks could have been caused by a lack of religious faith.

Moore, who defeated Sen. Luther StrangeLuther Johnson StrangeRoy Moore 'seriously considering' another Senate bid GOP leaders dead set against Roy Moore in Alabama Domestic influence campaigns borrow from Russia’s playbook MORE (R-Ala.) in a GOP primary runoff last month, is running for the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsRosenstein leaves Justice after eventful tenure Barr cracks joke about contempt vote: 'This must be a record' The Hill's Morning Report - Barr held in contempt after Trump invokes executive privilege, angering Dems MORE.