The man considered by many to be a de-facto leader of the white supremacist alt-right movement is now the second-most powerful man in the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday appointed Breitbart chairman Stephen Bannon to serve as his chief strategist and senior counselor a decision that was widely rebuked by moderate Republicans, Democrats and civil rights organizations.
“Stephen Bannon was the main driver behind Breitbart becoming a white ethno-nationalist propaganda mill,” the Southern Poverty Law Center tweeted on Sunday, linking to Breitbart articles under Bannon’s leadership with headlines including: “Hoist it High and Proud: the Confederate Flag Proclaims a Glorious Heritage,” written two weeks after the mass killing of Black parishioners at a church in Charleston last year.
