We have racist elect president and his right hand man is also a racist. That is just wonderful.
Congratulations White Supremacist are celebrating. At the same time facing backlash from several groups.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center
"What this signals is Donald Trump bringing hatred of immigrants and Muslims, and misogyny directly into the White House," Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center told CNN on Monday. "It is a disaster."
In a broader attack Sunday, SPLC President Richard Cohen underlined Bannon's close ties to the "alt-right," a loose association of right-wing trolls and white nationalists who operate mostly online and have proliferated on Twitter, where they routinely harass women and minorities.
"In his victory speech, Trump pledged to be the president for 'all Americans' and to 'bind the wounds of division' in our country, " Cohen said. "Appointing someone like Bannon, who will have the president-elect's ear every single day, makes a mockery of that pledge."
The Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted a statement saying it was "a sad day when a man who presided over the premier website of the 'alt right' -- a loose-knit group of white nationalists and unabashed anti-Semites and racists -- is slated to be a senior staff member in the 'people's house.'"
The Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Council on American-Islamic Relations also asked that Trump reject Bannon, calling his elevation to a powerful White House role a "disturbing message that anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and White nationalist ideology will be welcome in the White House."
"We urge President-elect Trump to reconsider this ill-advised appointment if he truly seeks to unite Americans," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
People For the American Way
As the tensions escalated Monday, People For the American Way President Michael Keegan joined the chorus contesting Bannon's new role, and called on the Capitol Hill GOP to join.
"Congressional Republicans need to stand up and call out Trump for choosing Bannon as a senior adviser and 'equal partner' to Trump's Chief of Staff," he said. "This isn't about partisan politics; no one with Bannon's record should be anywhere near the White House."
IfNotNow and other liberal organizers and activists
While the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, would not weigh in, citing "a long-standing policy of not taking positions on presidential appointments," smaller Jewish groups registered their concern.
"The Bannon appointment is a signal to the Jewish community that we are not safe in a Trump administration," Yonah Lieberman, an organizer with IfNotNow told CNN. "This is a clear sign that they will not be friendly toward to the Jewish community and a direct threat to our allies, including Muslims and people of color."
IfNotUs, another progressive millennial activist group, also weighed in.
"Steve Bannon is an anti-Semite and out fascist, and his appointment to one of the most powerful positions in the White House is an incredibly dangerous indication of where is our democracy headed," organizer Max Berger told CNN. "Trump has made various extreme statements during the campaign and his appointment of a white supremacist nationalist to be his chief strategist is an indication of just how extreme he would be as president."
Rebecca Katz, a former top aide to Reid and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, said Trump's pick was a "horrendous error in judgment," but also further evidence of a lowered standard for this president-elect.
"Donald Trump has a white nationalist who will be just steps away from the Oval Office," she told CNN. "And no one is asking him to apologize because no one expects him to."
Congressional Democrats
The office of Minority Leader Harry Reid, the outgoing Nevada Senator, said Trump's choice of Bannon to serve as a co-equal to Priebus indicated that "White Supremacists will be represented at the highest levels in Trump's White House."
Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi echoed Reid, saying in a statement that the hire was a sign that Trump had no plans to divert from the "hateful and divisive vision that defined his campaign."
"There must be no sugarcoating the reality that a white nationalist has been named chief strategist for the Trump administration," she said.
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, also called on Trump to pull back Bannon's appointment.
"After running a campaign built on inciting divisions and hate, Donald Trump has claimed he wants to unite America," he said in a statement. "Yet he has done nothing meaningful to stop the wave of hate crimes and hate speech he has unleashed, and now has brought that strategy right into the Oval Office."