SOTN Editor’s Note:
There is only one way to understand this protest against BREITBART’s Stephen Bannon. The establishment is scared sh*tless of him, and especially what he will do for the Trump Administration.
Actually, TPTB are even more afraid of what Mr. Bannon will do to the standing of the mainstream media within the Beltway and across the nation.
State of the Nation
November 17,2016
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Protesters Storm Lobby Where Trump Is Holding Transition Meeting, Demand He Fire Bannon
“… Jewish resistance …”
by Charles Campbell
Western Journalism
Protesters stormed the General Services Administration building in Washington Thursday to protest President-elect Donald Trump while he carried out a transition team meeting.
The demonstration was organized by a group called IfNotNow, which describes itself as a “movement to end the American Jewish community’s support for the occupation, fighting for freedom and dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians.”
The protesters were calling on Trump to fire Stephen Bannon as White House chief strategist.
Photos and videos emerged of the activists gathered inside and outside the building.
There is no place for antisemitism, racism and white nationalism in the White House. This is the #JewishResistance #FireBannon pic.twitter.com/ROiS0nJLbc
— IfNotNow🔥✡️ (@IfNotNowOrg) November 17, 2016
http://twitter.com/rachelhinda/status/799249497364668416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Bannon, who was Trump’s campaign CEO, is executive chairman of Breitbart News. Both Bannon and the website have been attacked by liberal groups who claim they promote anti-Semitism and racism.
The Southern Poverty Law Center says more than 360,000 people have signed its petition asking Trump to drop Bannon.
“Before joining the Trump campaign, Bannon oversaw the rise of the Breitbart News Network, which Bannon himself has called ‘the platform for the alt-right.’ The term alt-right is simply a rebranding of traditional white nationalism for the digital age,” the group said.
The Anti-Defamation League also opposes the appointment. “Bannon essentially has established himself as the chief curator for the alt right,” it said in a statement. “Under his stewardship, Breitbart has emerged as the leading source for the extreme views of a vocal minority who peddle bigotry and promote hate.”
However, even some Jewish conservatives who have been anti-Trump during the election season have questioned the allegations against Bannon.
Political commentator Ben Shapiro, who had a falling out with Bannon while at Breitbart, said the protesters’ and media reaction has been blown way out of proportion.
“I have no evidence that Bannon’s a racist or that he’s an anti-Semite; the Huffington Post’s blaring headline ‘WHITE NATIONALIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE’ is overstated, at the very least,” Shapiro wrote on his website, The Daily Wire.
Demonstrators in the lobby chanted “Fire Bannon” and “Jewish resistance,” according to witnesses who posted videos to Twitter. The protesters could be seen waving signs to that effect while crowding the building’s lobby.
— Vivian Ward (@KendrasPersonal) November 17, 2016
.@IfNotNowOrg INSIDE the GSA building where Trump Transition office is, saying #FIREBANNON #JEWISHRESISTANCE pic.twitter.com/kHlValllle
— bird site decline observer (@samrozin) November 17, 2016
http://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/799251247987499008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Protests have broken out in other parts of the country over Bannon’s appointment. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Wednesday night in downtown Los Angeles carrying “No To Bannon!” and “Ban Bannon” signs.