Trump Draws Rebuke Over Appointing Bannon

“President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist in the White House has drawn a sharp rebuke from political strategists who see in Bannon a controversial figure too closely associated with the ‘alt-right’ movement, which white nationalists have embraced,” the Washington Post reports.

“The announcement has produced intense hand-wringing in Washington and sharp denunciations from political observers and strategists critical of Breitbart News’s close association with the alt-right, a fringe conservative movement saturated with racially insensitive rhetoric and elements of outright white nationalism.”

GOP strategist John Weaver on Twitter: “The racist, fascist extreme right is represented footsteps from the Oval Office. Be very vigilant America.”