Bannon is 'straw man of the hour': Other views
What others are saying about Trump appointee for chief strategist and senior counselor.
David Horowitz,Breitbart: “The losers of the left have worked themselves into such a bizarre hysteria over the fact that they lost the White House that they have lost all connection to reality and are now hyping their most ludicrously paranoid fantasies. ... For them, Stephen K. Bannon is the straw man of the hour. I can’t think of anything stupider than the charge coming from all quarters of the left that Bannon is an anti-Semite. ... I have known Steve Bannon for many years. This is a good man. He does not have an anti-Semitic bone in his body. In his new position as chief strategist in the Trump White House, Bannon is the strongest assurance that people who love this country can have in America’s future, the strongest assurance that America is in the hands of people who will give this country a chance to restore itself and defend itself against its enemies at home and abroad.”
The Charlotte Observer, editorial: “Minorities and women are rightfully afraid of Donald Trump’s rise, given his talk of Mexican rapists, Muslim terrorists and stop-and-frisk police tactics in the inner cities. His choice of Bannon suggests that Trump doesn’t fully appreciate those fears. Those anxieties represent far more than just ‘bizarre hysteria,’ as a Breitbart article put it Monday. The Southern Poverty Law Center reports a spike of more than 200 complaints of hate crimes and harassment since the election — worse than what happened after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ... Trump says he wants to unite the nation. His decision on Bannon tells us that’s just another empty sales pitch.”
Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker: “Many observers have rightly focused on Bannon’s interest in smashing the establishment. How will Bannon continue his crusade to defeat Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and Reince Priebus when he now needs them to pass Trump’s agenda? Despite Bannon’s hatred for Priebus, they worked closely together to elect Trump. Bannon believed it was an alliance of convenience, similar to Stalin and Churchill working together to defeat Hitler. I doubt Bannon will be as focused on knocking off Republican leaders as he was when he was throwing rocks from the sidelines. You don’t actually have to destroy the establishment if you can force it to bend to your will.”