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In the 2017 special U.S. Senate election in [[Alabama]], Nehlen came to the state to campaign for Judge [[Roy Moore]], who was accused of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls more than forty years earlier. Nehlen said that Moore was "falsey accused" and derided liberal Republican figures, including Paul Ryan, for joining the campaign to defeat the former judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/nehlen-ryan-judge-moore-falsely-accused-guilty-spending-filthy-pedo-dollars/|title=Nehlen to Ryan: “Judge Moore Was Falsely Accused, But You Are Guilty Of Spending Filthy Pedo Dollars"|publisher=''The Gateway Pundit''|date=November 13, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref> Moore subsequently lost the race on
December 12 by 21,000 votes to the [[liberal]] Democrat [[Doug Jones]], a popular former U.S. Attorney in the [[Bill Clinton]] administration.
In December 2017, after Nehlen issued several tweets judged anti-Semitic by his critics, [[Steve Bannon]], the [[Brietbart]] executive and former aide to Trump, said that he is withdrawing all support for Nehlen in the primary against Ryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/27/steve-bannon-paul-nehlen-paul-ryan|title=Steve Bannon cuts ties with far-right candidate trying to unseat Paul Ryan|publisher=''The Guardian''|date=December 27, 2017|accessdate=December 27, 2017}}</ref>
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