‘Yesterday morning, he was key. Today, I’m not sure’: Bannon’s allies start to abandon him

The Washington Compost ^ | January 4 at 8:13 PM | Michael Scherer, Robert Costa and Rosalind S. Helderman

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon’s hopes of leading a revolt in the Republican Party this year suffered a severe blow Thursday as his allies rebuked and abandoned him following a nasty public break with President Trump.

Candidates who once embraced Bannon distanced themselves from his efforts, groups aligned with his views sought separation, and his most important financial backer, the billionaire Mercer family, which has championed him for years, announced that it was severing ties.

Even his position as chairman of Breitbart News, a website he has referred to as one of his most effective “weapons,” was being reviewed by the company’s leadership, according to people familiar with the talks — a move that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders publicly encouraged at Thursday’s White House news briefing.

But it was the rare statement from Rebekah Mercer, daughter of investor Robert Mercer, that hit hardest and, combined with Trump’s fury, has left Bannon isolated from the two power centers that elevated him from a fringe commentator to an office in the White House.

[Chgogal]

Then why the _uck did Dumba$$ Bannon speak to a Swamp MSM author?

[HotHunt]

Sure it is.

And when it's about the $$$$, it is not necessarily about the facts or truth.

There may be another underlying plot as to why this all happened when it did, but at first blush, it looks like Trump out-Bannoned, Bannon on this one.

[Chgogal]

You can call Ivanka many things but “dumb as a brick” is not one of them.

[Windflier]

So you’re one of those “if I don’t see it, it doesn’t exist” types?

Where there's smoke, there fire. There is no smoke coming out of Sessions' chimney.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Bannon's messages about the swamp and the deep state were correct. I liked the fact that he scared the GOP establishment - any conservative who upsets Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan is someone I'm pre-disposed to like.

But Bannon is apparently a man with a big mouth driven by a big ego. He made disparaging remarks about Trump while portraying himself as the brains behind Trump. This is needless drama which hurts progress on issues championed by both Trump and Bannon, and the cause is Bannon and his big mouth.

[gleeaikin]

Since schizophrenia hits when young, there surely would be some information available if true for Bannon.