‘Bannonfreude’: The Internet Is Ecstatic About Steve Bannon’s Downfall From Breitbart
‘Propagandist Loses Job for Telling the Truth Is One Hell of a Headline’
Steve Bannon Tuesday afternoon “stepped down” – some say was “canned” – as executive chairman of Breitbart, the far right wing website he ran that he once touted as the “platform for the alt-right.” Rumors had been swirling he would soon be out over his comments published in Michael Wolff‘s book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” Among them, that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with the Russians during his father’s campaign, inside Trump Tower no less, was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV,” Bannon says in the book.
Support for Bannon tumbled. Rebekah Mercer, the billionaire financier that had “poured money” into Breitbart, pulled her support from Bannon and distanced herself from him. President Trump reportedly has been calling conservatives demanding they choose: Bannon or Trump. And Trump won.
Not only did Bannon lose his gig at Breitbart, he lost his radio gig at SiriusXM:
Steve Bannon is also out at SiriusXM. pic.twitter.com/8zU0mLzbCG
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 9, 2018
Oh, and possibly his bed:
Unless this recently changed, Bannon has been literally living at Breitbart’s office. So, in addition to losing his job, looks like he also lost his place to sleep too.
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) January 9, 2018
The New Republic last year wrote, “Steve Bannon is absolutely culpable for Breitbart’s racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism,” although with his ouster it’s not like those points of view will disappear from Breitbart.
Unsurprisingly, many on Twitter are ecstatic. After all, some feel Bannon has done great damage to the nation. He’s normalized the alt-right, he’s advanced white nationalism inside the White House, and he’s advanced an anti-women, anti-liberal, and anti-Muslim racist agenda.
Here are some of the best tweets celebrating Bannon’s downfall.
Steve Bannon and I. We both ended up pissing off a lot of people. But I’ll say this for myself—at least I did it with my own book.
— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) January 9, 2018
So Trump was fine with Bannon when Bannon was backing Moore over Trump’s Strange, having Breitbart slam Trump over DACA, disparaging Trump’s daughter and son-in-law to anyone who’d listen…then he said the Russia probe was legit and Trump excommunicated him.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 9, 2018
Steve,
You qualify for ACA benefits for your family. https://t.co/qMJsC3POpl.
As you begin your new war on America, your health is the last thing you should worry about. https://t.co/G65nDeRroZ
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) January 9, 2018
If Michael Wolf’s book is “fake news,†then why did Trump and the Mercers get Bannon fired for it?
— John Stable Genius Aravosis (@aravosis) January 9, 2018
With or without Steve Bannon, Breitbart is still a white nationalist newspaper that broadcasts racism, sexism, and just plain garbage. It just has one less garbageman.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 9, 2018
Breitbart without Steve Bannon is like a cancer without a tumor.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 9, 2018
It’s gonna be a little tough for Steve Bannon to keep boasting about “genetic superiority†after managing to lose two jobs in one day.
— Gabe #DreamActNow OrtÃz (@TUSK81) January 9, 2018
in moment of candor i’d love to know what Bannon thought his biggest achievement was over last 6 months, losing his WH job, losing the Alabama race, or losing his Breitbart job?
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 9, 2018
Propagandist loses job for telling the truth is one hell of a headline
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 9, 2018
Man who warned of global conspiracy between billionaires and White House fired by billionaire and White House
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 9, 2018
Bannonfreude is when you build a propaganda empire based on racist lies which then fires you the minute you tell the truth. pic.twitter.com/BoUkSU3fT8
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 9, 2018
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