RantCrush Top 5: November 14, 2016

Trump couldn’t go a week without doing something controversial. As if we’re not all still in shock from what had to be the nation’s most toe-curling election, Trump appointed some jackass as his chief White House strategist. Steve Bannon, the alt-right Breitbart executive, has been accused of being anti-women, anti-Semitic, and a far-right nationalist (i.e. racist AF). This is concerning. The Anti-Defamation League issued a statement condemning his appointment.

We at @ADL_National oppose the appt of Steve Bannon to sr role at @WhiteHouse bc he & his alt-right are so hostile to core American values pic.twitter.com/qCVEPKoa7q

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) November 14, 2016

But of course, Republicans are going to explain it away in that special way only they can:

Newt Gingrich says Steve Bannon isn’t anti-Semtic because “he was a managing partner at Goldman Sachs, he was a Hollywood movie producer”

— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) November 14, 2016

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