[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   URGING PRESIDENT-ELECT TO RESCIND APPOINTMENT OF STEVEN BANNON TO 
                      SENIOR WHITE HOUSE POSITION

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2016

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge the President-
Elect to rescind his controversial appointment of Steven Bannon as 
White House Senior Counselor and Strategist.
  If the President-Elect takes seriously his Election Night pledge to 
be a president to ``all Americans,'' he must immediately renounce his 
intention to appoint Steven Bannon as White House Senior Counselor and 
Strategist.
  Steven Bannon has a long history promoting racial and ethnic bigotry, 
sexism, religious intolerance, and misogyny.
  He has insinuated that African-Americans are `naturally aggressive 
and violent,' and under his leadership, Breitbart's publishing strategy 
turned to one that has made it the media arm of the racist ``Alt-
Right'' movement, publishing articles promoting popular white 
nationalist tropes such as ``black on white crime'' and that ``rape 
culture'' is inherent in Islam.
  In selecting Steven Bannon as one of his two most trusted White House 
advisors, the President-Elect is signaling to the American people that 
the inflammatory, reckless, and insensitive rhetoric and tactics 
employed by his campaign can be expected to become part of his 
Administration's standard operating procedure.
  This is not the way to begin healing the wounds opened by the 
recently concluded presidential campaign and or to bring the American 
people together.
  I strongly urge the President-Elect to reconsider his decision and 
rescind his controversial appointment of Steven Bannon as White House 
Senior Counselor and Strategist.

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