GOP Under Pressure to Defend Trump’s Appointment of Bannon
- Pelosi blasts Trump for naming ‘white nationalist’ to top post
- Republican majority leader pressed by reporters on Bannon
Trump Begins Team With Political Polar Opposites
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Congressional Republicans are already on the defensive about President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to give former Breitbart News chief Steve Bannon a senior job in his White House.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was pressed by reporters in Washington Monday on the appropriateness of Trump’s choice of someone who has been a leading figure in the so-called alt-right conservative movement.