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White House And Political News
Steve Bannon Fired As Pres. Trump’s Chief Strategist
V.P. Pence Stands With The President
Stephen K. Bannon, a hardcore populist and Presi- dent Trump’s controversial chief strategist who helped him win the 2016 election departed the White House on Friday.
According to sources, Bannon’s ouster had been in the works for two weeks and said that while Bannon was given the option to resign, he was ultimately forced out.
Bannon has clashed with virtually every top official in the White House. Atop his list of in-house detractors were sen- ior adviser Jared Kushner, national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster and Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Mr. Bannon’s exit, the lat- est in a string of high-profile West Wing shake-ups, came as Mr. Trump is under fire for saying that “both sides” were to blame for last week’s deadly vi- olence in Charlottesville, Va.
Steve Bannon has re- claimed the title of executive chairman for Breitbart.
dent of channeling Bannon when he equated white su- premacists and neo-Nazis with the left-wing protesters who opposed them.
The Democratic National Committee reacted to the news by saying there “is one less white supremacist in the White House, but that doesn't change the man sitting behind the Res- olute desk.”
Vice President Pence
on Wednesday said he stands by President Trump fol- lowing criticism of his re- marks blaming the violence during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., on “both sides.”
“What happened in Char- lottesville was a tragedy, and the President has been clear on this tragedy and so have I,” Pence told reporters on Wednesday. “I spoke at length about this heartbreak- ing situation on Sunday night in Colombia, and I stand with the President and I stand by those words.”
Pence was responding to
Everyone that stared out in the Trump-Pence administration is now gone.
Critics accused the Presi-
White Evangelicals Don’t Want
According to Christianity Today, before the fallout over President Donald Trump’s remarks on the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a grow- ing number of Americans hoped to see the country’s 45th leader impeached. However, white evangelicals—a group that largely voted for Trump— are among the most likely to want him to stay in the White House.
A PRRI poll conducted in early August found that 40 per- cent of Americans believe the President should be im- peached, up from 30 percent who said so in February.
Among white evangelicals, 79 percent oppose the calls to impeach Trump—more so than white mainline Protes- tants (63%), white Catholics (61%), and nones (45%).
The findings fit with broader trends in Americans’ approval ratings of the President, which have lagged behind
A photo of evangelical lead- ers laying hands on Pres. Trump.
those of previous administra- tions.
Last month, a different poll by USA Today/iMediaEthics found that about half of all evangelicals strongly opposed his impeachment and about a quarter strongly favored it.
Back in May, Christians were also less likely than other faiths to believe Congress should take steps toward removing Trump from office, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll.
A huge crowd of thou- sands gathered in Char- lottesville, Va. on Wednesday evening for a peaceful candlelight vigil and march just four days after violence engulfed the
normally peaceful college town.
Demonstrators were heard singing "This Land Is Your Land," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," and other songs during the vigil.
The vigil follows the me- morial service honoring Heather Heyer, who was killed during the violence on Saturday when a car rammed into a group of counter-protesters.
a reporter's question about Trump's remarks on Char- lottesville, where white na- tionalists held a rally and were met by counterprotest-
ers.
The reporter also asked
Pence about Trump's claim that there were "fine peo- ple" on both sides.
Thousands Gather For Vigil In Charlottesville
Pres. Trump Out; Other Faiths Do
Missouri State Lawmaker Says ‘No’ To Resignation Pressure
Sen. Maria Chappelle- Nadal was adamant Friday that she isn’t resigning over a Facebook post calling for President Donald Trump’s assassination.
Chappelle-Nadal, a Uni- versity City, Missouri, Demo- crat, has faced calls by Missouri’s top Democrats and Republicans demanding she resign from the legislature over a comment she posted on her personal Facebook Thurs- day: “I hope Trump is assas- sinated.”
Among those calling for her resignation were the chair- man of the Missouri Demo- cratic Party and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Gov. Eric Greitens and Lt. Gov. Mike Parson, both
Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal says she won’t resign after posting ‘I hope Trump is assassinated’ on her personal FB page last week.
Republicans, said on Friday that state senators should oust her.
But in a series of tweets after
the calls from her fellow De- mocrats to resign, she struck a defiant tone.
“I am not resigning,” she said. “When (people of color) are respected by this (White House) & they are willing to do real work, I’ll sit down with them. People are traumatized!”
“Out of anger and frustra- tion, I said something that could have been reframed,” she said on the website. “And I re- fuse to shy away from the hypocrisy and chaos our coun- try is enduring under Trump.”
Also calling for her resigna- tion was House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty, a Kansas City Democrat and the highest-ranking black law- maker in Missouri.
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