Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon said in an interview Thursday that groping claims made by multiple women against former President George H. W. Bush show the former president is a "pervert."

Bannon took aim at Bush, 93, after the former president issued an apology in October stating that he had "patted women’s rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner."

"I really detest them," Bannon said in an interview with Vanity Fair published Thursday. He referred to the two former Bush presidents and their associated former officials. "I mean, the old man is a pervert. He’s a pervert. Grabbing these girls and grabbing their asses?”

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Bannon didn't stop there, accusing the second Bush administration of shrugging off criticism over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and suggesting the Trump administration would have suffered harsher criticism had a similar attack occurred under President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's watch.

"And by the way. I haven’t even gotten to 9/11," Bannon said. "I mean, 9/11! Think about if 9/11 had happened on Trump’s watch. We would have gotten 100 percent of the blame by the Bush guys. And they said, well, we just got here."

"What do you mean you just got here? That’s what gets me about them coming after Trump," Bannon said.

“The Bush presidency is the most destructive presidency in history. James Buchanan included. It’s not even close," Bannon said.

Bannon, who was ousted from the White House earlier this year, is back at the helm of Breitbart News, where the former Trump aide suffered a defeat when his favored candidate, Roy Moore Roy Stewart MooreVulnerable Senate Democrat urges unity: 'Not about what side of the aisle we're on' Sessions hits back at Trump days ahead of Alabama Senate runoff Judge allows Roy Moore lawsuit over Sacha Baron Cohen prank to proceed MORE (R), lost the Alabama special Senate election in early December.

Moore, who was hounded by accusations of sexual misconduct with young girls, lost to Doug Jones (D) by about 1.5 percent of the vote.