Barry Moore (Alabama politician)

Barry Moore grew up on a farm in Coffee County, and attended Enterprise State Community College.[5][6] He later attended Auburn University, where he received a degree in agricultural science in 1992. While attending Auburn, Moore was enlisted in the Alabama National Guard.

In 1998, Moore founded Barry Moore Industries, a waste hauling company.

Moore was first elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Terry Spicer.[7] PACs controlled by Mike Hubbard, a prominent Republican politician in Alabama and convicted felon,[8] contributed more than $150,000 towards his candidacy.

Two months after Moore was elected to the Alabama State House of Representatives in 2010, he and his wife were awarded a contract with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), which is notable because neither Moore nor his wife had ever held state contracts prior to his election to public office. Total payments from ADEM from Fiscal Year 2011 through 2013 totaled $64,612.[12][13]

In April 2014, Moore was arrested for felony perjury and lying to authorities during a grand jury investigation into Moore's friend and mentor, Mike Hubbard.[14] In late 2014, Moore was acquitted of all charges.[12][15]

On October 30, 2020, Moore's Twitter account sent a tweet advocating for higher taxes and voting restrictions for those who move from one state to another state. The tweet was deleted shortly after, and Moore's media director, Jonathan Barbee, claimed responsibility, saying that the opinion was a personal view that Moore did not share and that Barbee had intended to send the tweet from his personal account.[16]

On January 6, 2021, Moore objected to the certification of the Electoral College results in Congress. He was one of the 147 Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on January 7, 2021, immediately following the storming of the U.S. Capitol.[17] President Donald Trump and his allies had made false and baseless claims of fraud in the election, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden. These false claims and subsequent objections to the Electoral College results were cited as contributory factors in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which led to calls from some of Moore's colleagues for his expulsion from Congress.[18]

On January 10, 2021, Moore drew criticism for two controversial posts on Twitter, one of which echoed the false claim of “stealing an election on November 3rd.” Both tweets appeared to understate the seriousness of the armed insurrection at the United States Capitol that took place four days prior on January 6, 2021, and as a result, his account was temporarily suspended by the social media platform. In response, Moore deactivated his account “because of the censorship of conservative voices he saw happening.” [19]

Moore is married to Heather Moore.[12]

• Representative Barry Moore, official U.S. House website
• Official campaign website
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
• Barry Moore at Ballotpedia