Pelosi slams Bannon: 'White supremacist' now on security council

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY MIKE LILLIS - 02/02/17 12:34 PM EST

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed Stephen Bannon on Thursday, saying President Trump's senior adviser is a racist who has no business sitting on the National Security Council (NSC).

“It's a stunning thing that a white supremacist, Bannon, would be a permanent member of the National Security Council,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.

Bannon, a former executive with Breitbart News, is a senior adviser to the president.

Trump reorganized the NSC last week to regularly include Bannon, a former executive for Breitbart News, at meetings of the group's principals committee. At the same time, he removed the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from the panel. Those figures have instead been asked to participate only during meetings on “issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise.”

“What's making America less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the National Security Council as a permanent member while the chairman of the joint chiefs and the director of national intelligence are told, 'Don't call us, we'll call you. You're no longer permanent members,’” Pelosi said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/317552-pelosi-slams-bannon-white-supremacist-now-on-security-council

[triron]

1. Name calling?

What are dems going to do about it??

[geek tragedy]

6. Nothing, because we're the minority party. Talk is all we have.

Even in the Senate, literally talk--extending debate--is all the minority party has.

Losing elections means losing power.

[still_one]

7. When Hillary did it the media and others found it offense that she would call

a racist a racist

[Hekate]

11. What are YOU doing about it? Have you called Congress? Marched in the streets?

Written to newspapers? Registered voters?

Here's the switchboard for the House and Senate. [phone] Call.

Congresswoman Pelosi has always stood up for her constituents -- and the rest of us. She just called President Bannon a racist, no mincing words. How about we thank her? Let her know we have HER back, for a change? Because I'm telling you, if BannonTrump could sprinkle a little something in her green tea, they would.

[DK504]

14. I just finished emailing every single Rethug Senator in Congress

ripping them a new one for their hypocrisy that knows no bounds. Not just about SCOTUS but the Cabinet as well.

Yeah, it's a pain in the ass, will it do a damn thing, probably not. But a couple of hours in a week is a good way to spend time.

We have gotten into more trouble in two weeks than the entirety of Obama's tenure.

[Hekate]

18. That's the ticket. I have a friend who has pledged to call someone in Congress every week...

She lives in subsidized senior housing, and that's one thing she can do. Being old and poor doesn't mean giving up. I know her -- she'll get involved in other ways too.

[fleabiscuit]

23. + a million

[Fred Sanders]

2. If it walks, talks, quacks like and has a recorded history of a racist, white supremacist duck.....

[bdamomma]

3. They want

the American people since we are majority to keep on doing what we are doing. Just my opinion.

The Dems are up against those filthy repigs.

[Hekate]

12. Indeed we will continue to do what we're doing, which is Resist.

[still_one]

4. This is important that the Democrats state this loud and clear, and keep

reminding the public exactly who is running the government

Yes, when Hillary called at least 50% of the trump supporters deplorables, and some slammed her, including the media, for calling the racists that support trump deplorable, she was calling it as it was.

Well it is time for the media, and others to STOP normalizing racism.

IT ISN'T NORMAL!!!

[hedda_foil]

17. The problem with her labeling them deplorables was that she backed off of it.

I'm not overly fond of the basket part, which is awkwardly phrased but her team could have run a very effective ad campaign, focusing on people like Bannon and other white supremacists in and around Trump's campaignas deplorables she could have gotten some extended air time on that topic. Instead, most undecideds and weak Hillary voters got pummeled by Comey and Putin.

[still_one]

21. and that was unfortunate because that is who they are

[bdamomma]

27. This is what

really bothers me, the media is normalizing this sick regime.

I can't even watch when the liar comes on I would like to take the hand and shove it.

He is such an asshole.

[manicraven]

5. We have a white supremacist and racist as president, too.

[rockfordfile]

9. yes we do

[Native]

8. didnt Alter @ MSNBC find a statute that said Bannon would have to be approved by the Senate?

Because he didn't meet any of the 5 categories of individuals who could be on the Council? Whatever happened with that?

[Hekate]

13. If I understand correctly, that turned out to be in error. By not actually giving Bannon a title...

....or a job description, he's just sitting in and don't need no stinkin' Senate approval.

[Native]

22. Well that certainly sucks.

[IronLionZion]

20. Trump doesn't have time for your job killing regulations and laws

he doesn't let big government slow him down.

[ffr]

10. I like it!

Thank you congresswoman Pelosi!

[narnian60]

15. +1

[padfun]

16. Is she kidding!!??

Bannon is running the whole show. She has to see that. Or maybe she doesn't want to quite say that but knows Trump is Bannon's puppet.

[Hekate]

19. See my post #11 above

[blueseas]

24. Thank you MS Pelosi!

Need more voices: saying this ...

[adigal]

25. I don't always like Pelosi but I applaud this

I am starting to think we cant put Humpty Dumpty back,together again here.

[dalton99a]

26. Good that he is described correctly in public.

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[bdamomma]

28. climb back into your dumpster

this overthrow or whatever you want to call it has been premediated for many years. I hate what they doing to our country, we will never be the same.

[dalton99a]

29. Yep. We have a racist drunk running our government

[They_Live]

30. OMG. He always looks like hammered shit.

Have another drink, asshat.

[diva77]

31. I hope Pelosi is aware of Bannon/Sessions connection -

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/02/513041005/exploring-the-nationalistic-and-christian-right-influences-on-trump