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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:03 PM Jan 2018

Trump Voters Have Turned On Steve Bannon

Source: HuffPost




01/15/2018 01:52 pm ET

Just 1 percent say they side with Bannon over the president.

By Ariel Edwards-Levy

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who recently lost his job at Breitbart News in the wake of a public spat with President Donald Trump, has also lost the support of most Trump voters, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds.

Roughly two-thirds of Trump voters now view Bannon unfavorably, with just 13 percent still viewing him favorably, the poll finds.

Bannon’s ignominy among members of the president’s base is a relatively new development. Even after his ouster from the White House, 38 percent of Trump voters viewed the former top adviser positively and only 26 percent held a negative view of him, according to a survey taken last August

But Bannon’s remaining ties to Trump were strained in January, after he was quoted describing a meeting between the president’s son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner, other Trump associates and Russian operatives as “treasonous” and “bad shit.”



Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-voters-steve-bannon_us_5a5ce230e4b04f3c55a4eeab?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

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Trump Voters Have Turned On Steve Bannon (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Bannon misplayed this issue Gothmog Jan 2018 #1
Loyalty goes to whos in power. Mz Pip Jan 2018 #2
"I'm waiting for his tell all book" BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #6
THIS RIGHT HERE sfwriter Jan 2018 #17
Moral: Class and good looks aren't always enough. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2018 #3
Oof! "Turn on" and "Steve Bannon" They_Live Jan 2018 #4
Bannon could always turn to Mueller. djacq Jan 2018 #5
I expect he already has BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #9
Drones tend to do that. ffr Jan 2018 #7
Looks like it's back to playing video games in his mom's basement groundloop Jan 2018 #8
Couldn't happen to a nicer RWNJ marylandblue Jan 2018 #10
This is just like watching Wrestling Yavin4 Jan 2018 #11
I still think it's all part of a political kayfabe ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #13
He was a friend of the Trumpies as long as he was a friend of Trump Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #12
This is bad news for the country. It entrenches Trump's power to ruin careers & lives.... Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #14
Looks like the GOP has split into two Klans DoubleAgentOrange Jan 2018 #15
Guess that settles the "who get custody of the Nazis" question. mountain grammy Jan 2018 #16
Bannon shares this with Trump AZ Jim Jan 2018 #18
Big surprise. nt Rustyeye77 Jan 2018 #19

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
1. Bannon misplayed this issue
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:11 PM
Jan 2018

He had no base of support that was loyal to him and not more loyal to trump

Mz Pip

(27,404 posts)
2. Loyalty goes to whos in power.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:13 PM
Jan 2018

Bannon no longer has any power, anywhere. Not even at Breitbart. Sucks to be him.

I’m waiting for his tell all book. He won’t got quietly that’s for sure.

BumRushDaShow

(127,308 posts)
6. "I'm waiting for his tell all book"
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:28 PM
Jan 2018

Am almost done "Fire and Fury" and IT appears to BE Bannon's "tell all book"! Wolff seemed to write much of it from Bannon's perspective and as proof, Bannon is never denigrated or ridiculed or made fun via disparaging nicknames like was done to every other individual in the Drumpf circle discussed in the book.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
17. THIS RIGHT HERE
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 11:54 PM
Jan 2018

I agree. I think Bannon grossly misplayed this book, expecting to be seen as the "wise" one in a dysfunctional madhouse, the Cassandra of racism and electoral intent.

BumRushDaShow

(127,308 posts)
9. I expect he already has
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:31 PM
Jan 2018

From what I understand, he was also supposed to testify in front of a committee too (I think the House Intelligence)?

It would be his "final revenge".

ffr

(22,649 posts)
7. Drones tend to do that.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:29 PM
Jan 2018

It's just best not to be associated with brainless dangerous drones, i.e. conservatives.

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
8. Looks like it's back to playing video games in his mom's basement
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:29 PM
Jan 2018


Couldn't happen to a more deserving person. Geeze, when the deplorables turn against you you've hit rock bottom.
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
13. I still think it's all part of a political kayfabe ...
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:49 PM
Jan 2018

A public split so that when Bannon goes before Mueller and admits to the shit he HAS to admit to ... Trump's base will believe his 'Sloppy Steve LYING to save his own Skin' and 'He hates Trump cause Trump fired him!' dual lines of bullshit ...

I also kinda wonder if Bannon isn't a man who knows he's dying, frankly ... I mean, we all are, but I mean ... in his case ... pretty soon.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
12. He was a friend of the Trumpies as long as he was a friend of Trump
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:39 PM
Jan 2018

They'll turn on Don, Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Pence, the whole lot of them. This is idol worship plain and simple and Trump is their idol simply because he's a Republican President.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
14. This is bad news for the country. It entrenches Trump's power to ruin careers & lives....
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 08:30 PM
Jan 2018

so going forward, it will be even more unlikely for any Republican to criticize him. He/she wouldn't dare. There's no telling what Trump in his wrath would do to them. After all, look at what he did to Bannon.

Like that Billy Mummy in that famous Twilight Zone episode:



AZ Jim

(70 posts)
18. Bannon shares this with Trump
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 01:37 AM
Jan 2018

They are both maggots. So low they would need a ladder to kiss a gnats ass.

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