Who side is Trump on,Steve Bannon or Mitch McConnell ?
Steve Bannon's speech to the California GOP has some Republicans nervous
By Phil Willon/Contact Reporter
The California Republican Party’s decision to invite right-wing provocateur and former presidential advisor Stephen K. Bannon to address its convention Friday created an unsettled concoction of excitement, dread and rubbernecking curiosity for GOP loyalists in the state.
The keynote speech in Anaheim is scheduled less than a week after Bannon, who runs the far-right website Breitbart News, called for “a season of war” on the GOP establishment. The threat was aimed squarely at Republicans in Washington whom Bannon considers disloyal to President Trump and the conservative agenda.
Bannon will appear before a California GOP desperate to reverse its deteriorating influence in a state where it has been losing members and where Republican victories in statewide political races have been nonexistent for a decade. His admirers hope his speech will invigorate the GOP base and lure Trump supporters outside of the party into its fold. But Republican critics worry he’ll undercut efforts to rekindle the party in a state where Trump and his policies remain widely unpopular.
Bannon tops a list of mostly Trump-aligned speakers set to address the convention, including Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro. State Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said he isn’t worried about the stir Bannon might create among Republicans who have a distaste for him or the president.
“If two people agree on absolutely everything, there’s no earthly need for one of them,” he said.
Brulte and other state party leaders said Bannon’s invitation was an easy call — he was Trump’s top political strategist until August. His appearance will also attract television news cameras and pump life into what was expected to be a sleepy, three-day GOP convention.
But others in the party don’t see it that way. Former Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley unleashed a series of rapid-fire tweets to blast the decision last week.
“It’s a huge step backward and demonstrates that the Party remains tone deaf and intellectually dishonest with the vast majority of Californians,” tweeted Mayes, who recently resigned his leadership post amid criticism and controversy. “As in life, you can’t have it both ways and today’s announcement made clear the direction the party wants to go.”
* This is a long article, please read rest at the link ....he California Republican Party’s decision to invite right-wing provocateur and former presidential advisor Stephen K. Bannon to address its convention Friday created an unsettled concoction of excitement, dread and rubbernecking curiosity for GOP loyalists in the state.
The keynote speech in Anaheim is scheduled less than a week after Bannon, who runs the far-right website Breitbart News, called for “a season of war” on the GOP establishment. The threat was aimed squarely at Republicans in Washington whom Bannon considers disloyal to President Trump and the conservative agenda.
Bannon will appear before a California GOP desperate to reverse its deteriorating influence in a state where it has been losing members and where Republican victories in statewide political races have been nonexistent for a decade. His admirers hope his speech will invigorate the GOP base and lure Trump supporters outside of the party into its fold. But Republican critics worry he’ll undercut efforts to rekindle the party in a state where Trump and his policies remain widely unpopular.
Bannon tops a list of mostly Trump-aligned speakers set to address the convention, including Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro. State Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said he isn’t worried about the stir Bannon might create among Republicans who have a distaste for him or the president.
“If two people agree on absolutely everything, there’s no earthly need for one of them,” he said.
Brulte and other state party leaders said Bannon’s invitation was an easy call — he was Trump’s top political strategist until August. His appearance will also attract television news cameras and pump life into what was expected to be a sleepy, three-day GOP convention.
But others in the party don’t see it that way. Former Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley unleashed a series of rapid-fire tweets to blast the decision last week.
“It’s a huge step backward and demonstrates that the Party remains tone deaf and intellectually dishonest with the vast majority of Californians,” tweeted Mayes, who recently resigned his leadership post amid criticism and controversy. “As in life, you can’t have it both ways and today’s announcement made clear the direction the party wants to go.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-steve-bannon-republican-convention-20171020-story.html
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kissing his ample orange ass and saying sweet things about him....That's whose side he is on. 
