House Republican shuts down Steve Bannon after being told they had 'no choice' in Trumpcare vote
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Published 12:52 pm, Saturday, March 25, 2017
On August 17, 2016, Bannon left Breitbart News to become Chief Executive of Donald Trump's campaign.
On August 17, 2016, Bannon left Breitbart News to become Chief Executive of Donald Trump's campaign.
He called Breitbart “the platform for the alt-right"
Bannon once said Breitbart News was the platform for the alt-right, a white-nationalist, openly racist, anti-immigration movement. At one point, Brietbart published a lengthy article defending the alt-right, referring to white nationalists leaders like Richard Spencer as the movement’s “intellectuals."
Source: Politico, Southern Poverty Law Center
lessHe called Breitbart “the platform for the alt-right"
Bannon once said Breitbart News was the platform for the alt-right, a white-nationalist, openly racist, anti-immigration movement. At one point, Brietbart
... moreHe thinks the media should "keep its mouth shut and just listen"
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Bannon told The New York Times. “I want you to quote this. The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”
Source: The New York Times
lessHe thinks the media should "keep its mouth shut and just listen"
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Bannon told The New York
... moreBannon once called himself a "Leninist"
During a conversation in which Bannon later said he cannot recall, he told a writer for The Daily Beast, “I’m a Leninist. Lenin, wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.”
Source: The Daily Beast
lessBannon once called himself a "Leninist"
During a conversation in which Bannon later said he cannot recall, he told a writer for The Daily Beast, “I’m a Leninist. Lenin, wanted to destroy the state,
... moreHe is not a fan of the Republican party (at least in its current state)
In a 2010 radio interview with Political Vindication Radio, Bannon said, “What we need to do is bitch-slap the Republican Party." In addition, he also said, "We don’t believe there is a functional conservative party in this country, and we certainly don’t think the Republican Party is that."
Source: The New York Times
lessHe is not a fan of the Republican party (at least in its current state)
In a 2010 radio interview with Political Vindication Radio, Bannon said, “What we need to do is bitch-slap the Republican Party." In
... moreHe was a naval officer
Bannon served seven years as a Navy surface warfare officer, between 1976–1983.
Source: Military Times
He was a naval officer
Bannon served seven years as a Navy surface warfare officer, between 1976–1983.
Source: Military Times
He helped spearhead the immigration ban
Along with Stephen Miller, a senior advisor to Trump, Bannon helped push through the most controversial initiative of Trump presidency so far.
Source: CNN
He helped spearhead the immigration ban
Along with Stephen Miller, a senior advisor to Trump, Bannon helped push through the most controversial initiative of Trump presidency so far.
Source: CNN
He thinks leftist feminists are a "bunch of dykes"
During an interview with Political Vindication Radio, Bannon said: “That’s why there are some unintended consequences of the women’s liberation movement. That, in fact, the women that would lead this country would be pro-family, they would have husbands, they would love their children. They wouldn’t be a bunch of dykes that came from the Seven Sisters schools up in New England. That drives the left insane and that’s why they hate these women."
Source: BuzzFeed News
lessHe thinks leftist feminists are a "bunch of dykes"
During an interview with Political Vindication Radio, Bannon said: “That’s why there are some unintended consequences of the women’s liberation
... moreBannon also wrote Trump's "American carnage" speech
According to The Wall Street Journal, Steve Bannon and senior advisor Stephen Miller wrote Trump's inauguration address.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
lessBannon also wrote Trump's "American carnage" speech
According to The Wall Street Journal, Steve Bannon and senior advisor Stephen Miller wrote Trump's inauguration address.
Source: The
... moreHe is encouraging Trump to be bolder
According to Time magazine, "while other advisers have tried to change Trump, Bannon has urged him to step on the gas."
Source: Time
He is encouraging Trump to be bolder
According to Time magazine, "while other advisers have tried to change Trump, Bannon has urged him to step on the gas."
Source: Time
He produced multiple documentary films
During the 1990's Bannon worked as a producer for Hollywood, producing a total of 18 films, many of them documentaries. His films focused on the rise of the Tea Party, a take-down of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and a film about Sarah Palin vs. the establishment.
Source: Politico
lessHe produced multiple documentary films
During the 1990's Bannon worked as a producer for Hollywood, producing a total of 18 films, many of them documentaries. His films focused on the rise of the Tea Party, a
... moreSource: Time
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A few days before the American Health Care Act, the Republican replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act, was pulled from the floor of the House of Representatives, House Republicans had a sharp rebuke for chief White House strategist Steve Bannon when he met with them at the White House, according to a report from Axios.
The conversation started off on the wrong foot, with Bannon adopting a tone the report characterized as authoritative.
Republican lawmakers who did not support the GOP’s health care bill to overturn Obamacare may find themselves on a potential Trump administration “s**t list.”
Media: GeoBeats"Guys, look. This is not a discussion. This is not a debate. You have no choice but to vote for this bill," Bannon reportedly said to members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus.
But those in the Freedom Caucus weren't buying into Bannon's opening gambit. "You know, the last time someone ordered me to something, I was 18 years old. And it was my daddy. And I didn't listen to him, either," said one member of the caucus.
The meeting was part of an effort by the Trump administration to woo Freedom Caucus members – without their support, the bill was doomed.
In the end, the White House and Republican leadership were unable to wrangle enough votes to pass the bill on the floor of the House. Initially, it drew staunch opposition from members of the Freedom Caucus and other conservatives like Kentucky senator Rand Paul. Paul and his colleagues referred to the bill as "Obamacare 2.0" and believed it did not go far enough to repeal the entirety of the Affordable Care Act.
When the White House offered some concessions to hardline conservatives to win their support, it lost the endorsement of more moderate Republicans, who felt that the new bill – which rescinded essential health benefits like emergency room care, maternity care, and mental health care – was too harsh and would harm their constituents.
One of the final blows to the bill came when moderate New Jersey Republican and chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Rodney Frelinghuysen, withdrew his support for Trumpcare.
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The bill ultimately failed despite Bannon's meeting with the Freedom Caucus and President Trump's ultimatum that if the House did not pass the AHCA, Obamacare would stay and the president would move on to the next item on his legislative agenda.
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