The 4 unbelievable things about Steve Bannon's conspiracy theory on Roy Moore
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Washington (CNN) On Thursday night in New Hampshire  former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon offered a simple explanation for the bombshell report in The Washington Post that  Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore  pursued sexual relationships with four teenagers when  he  was in  his  early 30s.
"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 " Bannon said . "Now is that a coincidence? That's what I mean when I say opposition party  right?"
It's an echo of what Moore himself said after the Post story went live: "The Washington Post has already endorsed the judge's opponent  and for months  they have engaged in a systematic campaign to distort the truth about the judge's record and career and derail his campaign " read the statement in part . (The Post's editorial board endorsed Doug Jones    Moore 's Democratic opponent. The newsgathering end of the organization has zero interaction with the editorial board.)
It's easy for Bannon (or  Moore ) to make the "fake news hates conservatives" argument. Hardcore conservatives will believe it. Because they hate the media.
Using Bannon's logic that the whole  Moore  story was cooked up by the media to get  Moore   you must also believe the following things:
* The Post convinced four women  who were willing to put their names forward publicly and risk the scrutiny that comes with that decision  to lie about their interactions with  Moore  when they were teenagers. The Post was able to do this despite the fact that the four women did not know one another. And they did not reach out to the Post in an effort to get their stories told.
* These women created detailed stories about how they met  Moore   where  he  took them on dates and how  he  sought to make the relationship more romantic or sexual.
* That these women were motivated by political dislike for  Moore  (or Republicans) to make up these tales. (Worth noting: Leigh Corfman  the woman at the center of The Post story  voted for the Republican nominee in each of the last three elections -- including for Trump in 2016.) Or that they were paid somehow to do it. Or they just lied to lie. Or something.
* More than two dozen other people who helped corroborate the Post story were also in on this ruse. (The Post said it interviewed more than 30 people who said they knew  Moore  between 1977 and 1982  which is when these episodes allegedly took place.) That's a whole lot of people to organize into a grand scheme to lie about  Moore 's sexual misconduct.
Again  if you believe Bannon  go back and read what I wrote above. Because if you believe that this is all a targeted effort to take out  Moore  because of  his  beliefs  you need to believe all of the rest of that stuff is true too.
Washington (CNN) On Thursday night in New Hampshire  former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon offered a simple explanation for the bombshell report in The Washington Post that  [TGT]pursued sexual relationships with four teenagers when  [TGT]  was in  [TGT]  early 30s.
"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 [TGT] " Bannon said . "Now is that a coincidence? That's what I mean when I say opposition party  right?"
It's an echo of what [TGT] said after the Post story went live: "The Washington Post has already endorsed the judge's opponent  and for months  they have engaged in a systematic campaign to distort the truth about the judge's record and career and derail [TGT] campaign " read the statement in part . (The Post's editorial board endorsed Doug Jones    [TGT] 's Democratic opponent. The newsgathering end of the organization has zero interaction with the editorial board.)
It's easy for Bannon (or  Moore ) to make the "fake news hates conservatives" argument. Hardcore conservatives will believe it. Because they hate the media.
Using Bannon's logic that the whole  [TGT]story was cooked up by the media to get  [TGT]you must also believe the following things:
* The Post convinced four women  who were willing to put their names forward publicly and risk the scrutiny that comes with that decision  to lie about their interactions with  Moore  when they were teenagers. The Post was able to do this despite the fact that the four women did not know one another. And they did not reach out to the Post in an effort to get their stories told.
* These women created detailed stories about how they met  Moore   where  he  took them on dates and how  he  sought to make the relationship more romantic or sexual.
* That these women were motivated by political dislike for  Moore  (or Republicans) to make up these tales. (Worth noting: Leigh Corfman  the woman at the center of The Post story  voted for the Republican nominee in each of the last three elections -- including for Trump in 2016.) Or that they were paid somehow to do it. Or they just lied to lie. Or something.
* More than two dozen other people who helped corroborate the Post story were also in on this ruse. (The Post said it interviewed more than 30 people who said they knew  Moore  between 1977 and 1982  which is when these episodes allegedly took place.) That's a whole lot of people to organize into a grand scheme to lie about  Moore 's sexual misconduct.
Again  if you believe Bannon  go back and read what I wrote above. Because if you believe that this is all a targeted effort to take out  Moore  because of  his  beliefs  you need to believe all of the rest of that stuff is true too.