House Republicans returned to Capitol Hill Monday fresh off of last week’s election victories only to be met with new questions about President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of his controversial campaign CEO to be the chief White House strategist.
On Sunday, Trump’s transition announced that Steve Bannon, a figure with ties to an alt-right movement that includes white nationalist elements, would join the White House team — a move that has drawn condemnation from Democrats as offensive and divisive.
But some Republicans, who will have to work closely with a President Trump, are sticking by the choice, saying that Bannon has to be given a chance.
“The results speak for itself,” said Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a battleground state that Trump won. “Was Steve Bannon effective? I don’t’ think anybody here would deny that he was effective.”
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— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 15, 2016
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