Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow pushed back at criticism he is facing for sending reporters to investigate sexual harassment and assault claims against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore.
The editor told Politico, “We admit our biases” when compared to other outlets claiming to be objective.
The declaration comes as Moore faced new accusations Monday from a woman who said he sexually assaulted her when she was 16 and he was in his early 30s, prompting several prominent Republican lawmakers to call for the embattled candidate to step aside in the Alabama race.
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“We admit our biases,” Marlow said in an interview published Tuesday. “I’ll tell you that we would like to see a populist, nationalist, America-first conservative get elected.”
“There are so many people who want Judge Moore to not become the senator from Alabama, and it’s not just Democrats, it’s the Republican establishment, it’s the media establishment,” the 31-year-old Marlow added. “And what happens in Alabama, either side is going to use it to claim momentum heading into 2018. It’s a hugely significant race.”
Several journalists from other outlets mocked Breitbart last week after the site attacked the original The Washington Post report published on Nov. 9 that included allegations that Moore pursued sexual relationships with teenagers including a 14-year-old girl.
Breitbart claimed the newspaper was engaging in “activist behavior” by persuading Moore’s accusers to come forward.
Former White House chief strategist and current Breitbart executive chairman Stephen Bannon said Friday that the accusations are a result of “the politics of personal destruction.”
“This is deeper than politics — it’s about trying to destroy a man’s life,” Bannon told Bloomberg.
“This is nothing less than the politics of personal destruction,” he added. “And they need to destroy him by any means necessary.”