Now that Donald Trump has made it official and named Stephen Bannon as Chief Straegist and Senior Counselor in the White House, here are the top 10 best reactions we’ve seen from journalists and the loony-left on the man who will be advising the president.
No. 1: For David Axelrod, it’s “troubling”:
Lots of chatter. Breitibart's Bannon in WH is deeply troubling. Bannon as COS would have been more so. Not "normalization." Just a fact.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 13, 2016
No. 2: Judd Legum from “Think Progress” call him “one of the most powerful people in America”:
Very dangerous to try to comfort ourselves with flimsy distinctions. Bannon now one of the most powerful people in America https://t.co/CLiICOdlnB
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) November 13, 2016
No. 3: Ben Stiller is curious about Hanukkah (you’ll see that this is a recurring theme)
https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/797924575203864576
No. 4: Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe plays the Nazi-card with “solutions”:
So the anti-Semitic guy is chief strategist. I wonder what his *strategy* might consist of. I'm guessing he has some solutions.
— Cassandra, Pudgy Nobody (@ChrisWarcraft) November 13, 2016
No. 5: Igor Volsky from the Center for American Progress says he’s “repugnant”:
Reminder: the website the president's new chief strategist oversaw is repugnant. pic.twitter.com/nUm2pT2c9x
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) November 13, 2016
No. 6: Alan Colmes thinks he’s a “white nationalist”:
https://twitter.com/alancolmes/status/797924500562059264
No. 7: Or he’s both says the Boston Globe’s Michael Cohen:
And an anti-Semite & white nationalist will have the ear of the president https://t.co/1nCBTqrI24
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) November 13, 2016
No. 8: The Washington Post’s Wesley Lowery doesn’t like the Breitbart connection:
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/797915969536585728
No. 9: Jeff Jarvis played the Nazi card, too:
And then two minutes later, he appoints Göring https://t.co/IzcMBF2QTm
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 13, 2016
And finally, No. 10: Actor Patton Oswalt keeps it simple:
Fuck.
(breathe…meditate…)
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 13, 2016
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