The Memo: Bannon takes victory lap after Trump travel ban win
By Niall Stanage - 06/26/18 06:18 PM EDT President Trump’s former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, celebrated the Supreme Court decision upholding the administration’s travel ban on Tuesday, telling The Hill that it “is going to reinforce [Trump’s] belief in his own judgement against the naysayers.â€
Bannon was one of the prime advocates of the original version of the travel ban, which was blocked by the courts. He insisted that protests against the policy — as well as the ferocity of the anti-Trump “resistance†in general — only fueled the president’s popularity among his base.
The opposition to the travel ban was “way over the top,†Bannon argued. More broadly, he said, media and liberal criticism of Trump “reinforces to Middle America that the opposition to Trump is unhinged.â€
Bannon’s comments will fuel the ire of Trump’s detractors, as well as those who accuse the former strategist and Breitbart executive of contributing to the toxic political atmosphere.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/394288-the-memo-bannon-takes-victory-lap-after-trump-travel-ban-win