President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Breitbart Chairman SteveBannon as his chief strategist has caused significant backlash and sparked a call for Trump to rescind his decision.
Bannon is known for heading the “alt-right” news site Breitbart, a position he plans to leave as he transitions into his role in the White House. And on Sunday, The New York Times also reported that, according to Julia Jones, a former colleague, “Mr. Bannon occasionally talked about the genetic superiority of some people and once mused about the desirability of limiting the vote to property owners.”
“I said, ‘That would exclude a lot of African-Americans,'” Ms. Jones recalled. “He said, ‘Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.’ I said, ‘But what about Wendy'” referring to Mr. Bannon’s executive assistant. “He said, ‘She’s different. She’s family.'”
