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DonViejo

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Thu Nov 9, 2017, 06:02 PM Nov 2017

Breitbart editor's unbelievable Roy Moore defense: 'Only one' of 3 teens was technically underage

DAVID FERGUSON
09 NOV 2017 AT 16:17 ET

Breitbart.com editor-at-large Joel Pollack told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Thursday that the real scandal around U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is The Washington Post used the word “teenagers” to describe the then-14, 16 and 18-year-old girls accusing Moore of sexual advances.

The 16-year-old and 18-year-old girls, Pollack said, were legally at the age of consent in Alabama when 32-year-old Moore attempted to have sex with them, encounters which Pollack described as “legitimate relationships.”

“When you read the article, there are several cases mentioned and of those cases, only one would be legally problematic,” said Pollack. “All of the others were legal relationships with women who were of age at the time when Roy Moore was single.”

While it is true that the age of legal consent for sexual activity in Alabama is 16, The Washington Post was not inaccurate in calling 16 and 18-year-old girls “teenagers” in that it is generally understood that one is still a teen when their numeric age includes the word “teen” at the end — as in “sixteen” and “eighteen.”

Watch the video, embedded below:

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/breitbart-editors-unbelievable-roy-moore-defense-only-one-of-3-teens-was-technically-underage/

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Breitbart editor's unbelievable Roy Moore defense: 'Only one' of 3 teens was technically underage (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
Perhaps we should look into Pollack's closet? n/m bagelsforbreakfast Nov 2017 #1
He looks like a fucking creep dalton99a Nov 2017 #6
I see horns coming out of his head and forked tongue Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #8
That guy is the essence of slimy creep. Stinky The Clown Nov 2017 #2
Just watched a replay. Kingofalldems Nov 2017 #3
The Pro Rape Party includes statutory rape as well. MrScorpio Nov 2017 #4
Oh, it's ok then. louis-t Nov 2017 #5
Brietbart is a pig pen and sty Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #7
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