mainstream news organization. these people spent weeks and probably months on this. they talked to more than two dozen people. the people are on the record with these allegations. so the idea that you can just say fake news and dismiss it and then we shouldn t pay attention to it anymore, it does a disservice to what facts are and what reporting is. that s the danger of what s happening with this administration and its relationship with the truth and with saying that everything is fake news. and again, allegations. i ve got to read these because this is stunning to me. the alabama state auditor told a local paper even if you accept the washington post report as being completely true, it s much ado about very little. he also told the washington examiner also take joseph and mary. mary was a teenager and joseph was an adult carpenter. they became parents of jesus. there s just nothing moral or illegal here. maybe it s just a little bit unusual. and illegal. yeah. and i think th
values. his brother compared it to jesus christ. quoting him, mary was a teenager and he was adult carpenter, there is nothing immoral or illegal, maybe just a little bit unusual. how is this playing in alabama, anna? you know, in alabama it s kind of a mixed bag. there are plenty of people here who do not like moore, but a lot of people skeptical about the allegations. he s been a larger than life force in alabama politics for 30 years. long before bannon or anybody else came along. and so he s done that by creating controversy and talking a lot about family values, faith, military service, which are all things that are very important to people in alabama. and i don t think his supporters at least and other conservatives are willing to throw everything they think they know about him over this one story. i m curious, anna, given this larger than life character, for
daniel dale, you just heard, he was on. and he told me about local alabama politicians, how they are responding. they re sticking behind moore. this is what the state auditor, he spoke to the washington examiner and he said this about moore, okay? he is clean as a hound s tooth. take joseph and mary. mary was a teenager and joseph was an adult carpenter. they became parents of jesus. there s just nothing immoral or illegal here. maybe just a little bit unusual. the reason i ask that, not to, you know, just to sort of beat a dead horse here, but in recent weeks, and we have talked about this, frank, you ve seen immediate and swift consequences from allegations about harvey weinstein, about kevin spacey, about mark halperin and others. why do you think that it is different in the world of politics? i think we have become and part of the answer is we ve become so partisan that you look for any sort of rationalization, you look for any sort of excuse to be able to hold on to the ca
special election race if the accusations are true. alabama secretary of state says moore can with draw but it is too late to replace him. apart from a write-in candidacy. he is no friend of the gop establishment. some republicans coming to moore s defense, alabama state auditor told the washington examiner, quote, take joseph and mary, mary was a teenager and joseph an adult carpenter. they became parents of jesus, there s nothing immoral or illegal here. maybe just a little bit unusual. then there s former white house chief strategist steve bannon comparing the claim to the shocking access hollywood tape released during the 2016 election. here s what he had to say. but it s interesting. the amazon washington post that
another reporter of the paper that broke the news. let s go to you first, i want to bring in right away there was a reference to jim ziegler, the alabama auditor who was speaking to the washington examiner. here s some of the quotes. take the bible, zachariah and elizabeth, for instance. zachariah was extremely old to marry elizabeth and they became john the baptist. also take joseph and mary. mary was a teenager and joseph was an adult carpenter. they became parents of jesus. there s just nothing i mmoral o illegal here, maybe just a little bit unusual. take over. first of all, impart of t am the washington post editorial award.