Bannon: GOP Trying To ‘Destroy Moore, Just Like They Tried To Destroy Trump’

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. Sen. Luther Strange and challenger Moore made their final push Monday to sway ... Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. Sen. Luther Strange and challenger Moore made their final push Monday to sway voters ahead of Alabama's Republican runoff for U.S. Senate, a race that's pitted President Donald Trump against his former strategist, Bannon. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) MORE LESS
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Former White House adviser Stephen Bannon on Monday night compared GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to Donald Trump, although the President has campaigned for Moore’s opponent in the race, Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL).

“A vote for Roy Moore is a vote for Donald J. Trump,” Bannon said at rally for Moore, a staunch conservative who is leading Strange in the polls.

Bannon, the chairman of Breitbart News, also railed against the Republican “establishment” and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Outside groups have poured money into the state to support Strange’s bid.

“They think you’re a pack of morons. They think you’re nothing but rubes,” Bannon told the crowd.

Later, during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Bannon emphasized that Moore would be an ally to Trump and that his decision to campaign for Moore was not born out of a desire to oppose Trump.

“We’re not here to defy President Trump, we’re here to praise and honor him,” Bannon said.

The former White House adviser said that establishment Republicans are “trying to destroy Roy Moore, just like they tried to destroy Donald J. Trump.”

Bannon also told Hannity that after Tuesday night’s election, “a real review has to be done of how President Trump got the wrong information and came down on the wrong side of the football here.”

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  1. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Every time I see Steve Bannon speak honestly to someone/a collection of someones, I rush outside to check the color of the sky.

    Surprisingly, today the answer was “blue”.

  2. “They think you’re a pack of morons. They think you’re nothing but rubes,” Bannon told the crowd.

    And “they” would be correct in that assumption.

  3. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    Good grief the GOP is trying to destroy Trump. He is hanging to accomplish this feat all by his lonesome.

  4. This isn’t one of your ridiculous “documentaries” or a schlocky Hollywood movie about enemies of the state, you filth. This is the United States government. The Mercers and their billionaire ilk are doing a bang up job of destroying it without your rancid contributions.

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