Bannon compares Moore accusations to infamous Trump Access Hollywood tape
By LOUIS NELSON 11/10/2017 07:30 AM EST
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Thursday likened a report that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl to last years publication of the infamous Access Hollywood tape, telling a New Hampshire audience that The Washington Post, which published both, is part of the apparatus of the Democratic Party.
"The Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump, is the same Bezos-Amazon-Washington Post that dropped the dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore. Now is that a coincidence? Bannon said in remarks that were reported by CBS News. That's what I mean when I say opposition party, right? It's purely part of the apparatus of the Democratic Party. They don't make any bones about it. By the way, I don't mind it. I'll call them out every day."
Moore has denied the allegations in the story published by the Post, which also reported that the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice also sought sexual relationships with three other women who were teenagers at the time. Top Republicans, among them Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have said Moore should step aside from the race if the allegations are true.
The Posts report adds fuel to the unease that already existed among Washington Republicans about Moores candidacy. The ex-judge was twice thrown off the bench in Alabama, once for refusing to remove a monument to the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the state judicial building and again for refusing to recognize the Supreme Courts ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. He has said that homosexual conduct should be illegal and that Muslims should not be allowed to serve in Congress.
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