As the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center are slamming President-elect Donald Trump for naming Stephen Bannon to become his chief strategist, we speak with SPLC President Richard Cohen about Bannon’s role as former head of the right-wing news outlet Breitbart Media and as Trump’s campaign manager. “Two weeks after the Charleston massacre, [Breitbart News] ran an article talking about how people should proudly fly the Confederate flag,” Cohen says. He argues that the alt-right that Breitbart is associated with “is nothing more than the rebranding of white supremacy, white nationalism, for the digital age,” and calls on President-elect Trump to “speak out forcefully against all forms of bigotry, and then he has to follow talk with the walk.”
A White Nationalist & Anti-Semite in the Oval Office: Trump Taps Breitbart’s Bannon as Top Aide
As the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center are slamming President-elect Donald Trump for naming Stephen Bannon to become his chief strategist, we speak with SPLC President Richard Cohen about Bannon’s role as former head of the right-wing news outlet Breitbart Media and as Trump’s campaign manager.
More on Bannon from Seth Meyers. This is scary fucked-up shit.
Kind of glad I’m unable to open this on my work computer, Amy! Think it’s vital to keep informed, and to be active where one can be in these times – but also good to take a step back, and see how things play out in these times, and not get too caught up in it all, and freaked out. I’m trying not to – and am finally feeling better for it.
Indeed I think this is very sensible, Lizzy. You must take care of yourself first. Don’t try to take in more than you can bear. <3
Hugs to you, Amy! <3