Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore made his first public appearance in nearly two weeks Monday night, dodging press and refusing to take questions at a rally in Henagar, Alabama, as he railed against “malicious and false attacks which reflect the immorality of our time.”

Moore’s campaign has been rattled by accusations of sexual impropriety this month, including that he molested a 14-year-old girl and attempted to force sex on a 16-year-old while in his 30s. As his campaign hemorrhages support, Moore has opted to fight the allegations with a scorched-earth strategy: strenuously deny the accusations, allege they’re part of a conspiracy to keep God-fearing conservatives out of government, give the press as little access as possible to muffle the story, and count on Alabama’s overwhelmingly Republican citizenry to help him limp across the finish line.