Laura Ingraham rips 'smear campaign' against Bannon
By Jessie Hellmann - 11/15/16 08:32 AM EST
Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham is defending Donald Trump's appointment of Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist, calling him a "wonderful person" who led the president-elect to victory.
Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News, has faced harsh criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike for ties to white nationalism.
"This is what I really hate most about Washington," Ingraham said Tuesday on "Fox & Friends," calling the coverage a "smear campaign."
"When they see someone as an ideological threat or someone who could be very powerful advancing a conservative message close to a principle — or actually in a principle position — there are the piranhas that will circle around. They hope to get a little blood in the water and then hope for the big fish to come in and kill them off."
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