Pelosi on Bannon: Trump brought a ‘white nationalist’ into the White House
By Cristina Marcos - 11/14/16 01:46 PM EST
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is blasting President-elect Donald Trump’s hiring of Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist, saying it undermines attempts to unite the country.
Bannon once called his conservative news outlet "the platform of the alt-right,” a far-right ideology that promotes white supremacy. Under Bannon, Breitbart ran headlines such as “Bill Kristol, Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew” and “Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy.”
In a Monday statement, Pelosi said that Trump’s decision to give Bannon, his campaign CEO, one of the most influential jobs in the White House signified the president-elect was elevating a person who had promoted white supremacy. The hire will only increase to fears of minorities who felt attacked by Trump and his supporters during the campaign, she warned.
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