President Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, is dipping into Breitbart News to staff the White House.
The hires give Bannon more loyalists in Trump’s West Wing, and also raise Breitbart’s profile and power.
It comes as the conservative news organization, led by Bannon until last year, seeks to expand its influence in Washington and the world.
One of Breitbart’s biggest stars, Julia Hahn, is expected to join the White House as an aide to Bannon. Breitbart’s national security editor, Sebastian Gorka, will also relocate to the White House, likely with a spot on the president’s National Security Council, Business Insider reported on Tuesday.
The Breitbartization of the White House comes as no surprise to people at the conservative news site.
“I’m surprised it took this long,” one Breitbart reporter told The Hill. “There are a number of people on staff who clearly have resumes that would lend themselves to the administration. These two are ideologically in line with Bannon. They’re people he can trust. It makes sense.”
Hahn, 25, is said to be a favorite of both Bannon and Trump’s senior adviser for policy, Stephen Miller, a veteran of the campaign and attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions’s (R-Ala.) office.
She worked for Laura Ingraham at a time when the radio host led the charge to oust former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). Soon after, Hahn joined the office of Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.), whose surprise victory over Cantor shook Washington and put GOP leaders on notice.
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"The Breitbartization of the White House comes as no surprise to people at the conservative news site."https://t.co/9xv1BPSmus
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 25, 2017
And the alt-right’s influence continues to grow in Trumpland.
This will not end well.
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