Congressman Hank Johnson's Statement on Naming of Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after it was announced that alt-right movement leader and Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon will be Chief Strategist for President-elect Trump’s White House:

“After running a vicious, racist and xenophobic campaign, President-elect Donald Trump is now putting a white nationalist anti-Semite as his chief strategist in the White House. It’s a troubling sign that the 45th president intends to further sow the seeds of hatred and bigotry than bring the American people together. There can be no accommodation, no collaboration – only resistance. I’m calling on all my fellow Georgia congressional colleagues to stand with me in condemning this appointment and demand that it be withdrawn.”

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