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ENTER THE SLIME: Here’s What To Expect From A Breitbart News Trump/Lies/Filth/Sex Campaign

ENTER THE SLIME: Here’s What To Expect From A Breitbart News Trump/Lies/Filth/Sex Campaign

Last updated on: August 18, 2016 at 2:35 pm by Frank Schaeffer

ENTER THE SLIME: Here’s What To Expect From A Breitbart News Trump/Lies/Filth/Sex Campaign 2016-08-18T14:35:35-06:00 Frank Schaeffer

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Thursday, August 18, 2016 Here’s What To Expect From A Breitbart News Infused Trump Campaign

Breitbart News chairman Stephen Bannon has been hired as chief executive for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign following months of shilling for the candidate on the website, relentlessly promoting Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric and defending his blunders.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS SHAKE UP

Based on the way Bannon has run Breitbart News and according to statements he’s made in the past, here’s what Media Matters expects from the Trump campaign under his leadership:

Attacks Against The Clinton Campaign Will Rely On “Clinton Sex Stuff”
Recycling Debunked Smears About The Clinton Foundation
Conspiracy Theories
Anti-Immigration Rhetoric And Nativism
Doubling Down On Islamophobic Rhetoric
Outright Lies, Fabrications, And Distortions

ALSO FROM MEDIA MATTERS:

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STEPHEN BANNON AND HIS BIGOTED WEBSITE

Breitbart Has Embraced The “Extremist Fringe” And Pushed “Racist Ideas” Under Bannon
Several Employees Left Breitbart After The Site Failed To Defend A Staffer That Was Allegedly Manhandled By Corey Lewandowski
Breitbart News Has Relentlessly Defended Trump From Criticism
Bannon Called Ailes Sexual Harassment Charges A “Total Dud”

Related:

TRUMP SYCOPHANTS PRAISE BANNON HIRE

Trump’s staunchest supporters called the hiring of Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon as the new chief executive for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign “an inspired choice” and “fantastic news” after the move was reported. Elsewhere, the decision has been called “insanity,” with former Breitbart News employees disparaging the relationship between Trump and Breitbart News as “pathetic and disgusting.”

TRUMP SYCOPHANT PRAISE BANNON HIRE – VIDEO CLIPS:

WHITE NATIONALISTS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS PRAISE BANNON HIRE: “GREAT NEWS”

White nationalists and hate group leaders are praising Donald Trump’s hiring of Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon as the new chief executive of his campaign. The white nationalist movement has been celebrating Trump throughout his campaign and used his candidacy to recruit followers, fundraise, and spread their message.

Read more about the Trump campaign’s disturbing courtship with the racist white nationalist movement HERE.

MEDIA CRITICISM OF BANNON HIRE

Media figures across the political spectrum expressed shock after reports that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hired Breitbart News executive Stephen Bannon and political commentator Kellyanne Conway to head his campaign. Media said the hire makes the relationship between Trump and Breitbart “official” and labeled the move “insanity.”

CONSERVATIVE MEDIA CRITICISM OF BANNON HIRE – VIDEO CLIPS:

BOTTOM LINE: “The Line Between Trump And The Extreme Right Has Just Gone From Fuzzy To Virtually Non-Existent”

Several experts on hate and extremism in conservative circles tell Media Matters Investigative Reporter Joe Strupp that the Bannon move is troubling and exemplifies the Trump campaign’s full embrace of ugly nativism: http://mm4a.org/2bta2EV

CLICK HERE FOR MEDIA MATTERS’ FULL COVERAGE OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN’S HIRE OF STEPHEN BANNON

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