Steve Bannon Group Makes Six-Figure Ad Buy To Rally Support For Roy Moore

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alaba... Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore waits to speak at the Vestavia Hills Public library, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) MORE LESS
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Great America Alliance, a pro-Trump political organization, has made a $150,000 ad buy to rally support for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the two weeks remaining before the state’s special election, CNN reported on Thursday.

Great America Alliance is affiliated with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, the chair of Breitbart News, who on Tuesday said he will travel to Alabama to campaign for Moore at a rally next week.

CNN reported that Great America Alliance bought digital, television and radio ads to run against Moore’s Democratic opponent, Doug Jones.

Andy Surabian, a senior adviser to Great America Alliance, told CNN that “voters deserve to know the disturbing truth” about Jones’ “radical left-wing positions.”

The group on Tuesday published a 30-second spot calling Jones “deceptive and dangerous” for his position on abortion.

Great America Alliance’s last-minute ad push comes amid a flood of sexual misconduct allegations women have leveled against Moore. One woman alleged that Moore initiated a sexual encounter when she was 14 years old and he was in his early 30s, while another alleged that he sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old.

Moore has denied all the allegations and resisted elected Republicans’ calls for him to step down from the race. On Thursday, he blamed the accusations on “the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender who want to change our culture.”

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  1. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    Great America Alliance, a pro-Trump political organization, has made a $150,000 ad buy to rally support for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in the two weeks remaining before the state’s special election, CNN reported on Thursday.

    Great America Alliance is affiliated with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, the chair of Breitbart News, who on Tuesday said he will travel to Alabama to campaign for Moore at a rally next week.

    And this is taking place behind the smokescreen thrown up these past two weeks by the outing of so many progressive icons in government and media.

    When will attention work it’s way back to the many offenses of the current occupant? Or has he sued all those women as he said he would during his Rooskie fueled campaign?

    The women who have accused Donald Trump

  2. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Sadly it looks like Moore will win. But I think things are still a little fluid in Alabama.

    Side note - Bannon’s Group: GAA. That made me laugh - it’s initial’s make me think of the sound knuckledraggers make in the morning. “G-A-A”, (pause) “G-A-A”. So fitting for Steve.

  3. Avatar for tena tena says:

    And the Alabamans were screaming bloody murder about outsiders trying to tell them who to vote for.

    [rollingeyesallthewayaround]

  4. this gives Bannon a chance to claim honors & embellish his rep
    he could have a four figure ad buy & Moore would still win
    here in the South we have always excoriated outside agitators. during civil rights era it was always outside agitators. now, its the WaPo…the dreaded NE Liberal outside agitators
    like Pavlov’s dog we are wired to go berserk about you carpetbaggers and such

    ignoring credible allegations of child molestation is easier…as long as you have some “other” scapegoat

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