Stop Steve Bannon’s Appointment As Trump’s Top Advisor

November 14, 2016

Good morning, America. We have another white supremacist in the White House. Steve Bannon, head of Breitbart Media, a known alt-right organization, has been appointed as Trump’s top advisor. He is a known anti-semite, sexist, and racist.
So we’re going to call our elected officials until they speak out against him. If you can’t call, use the phone script and send an email instead. But I really urge you to call. Calls are much harder to ignore than emails.
Spread. This. Now.
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVES:
http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
http://www.house.gov/representatives/
PETITIONS:
Petition number 1!
Petition number 2! Sign both!

PHONE SCRIPT:
“Hello, my name is (NAME), and I’m calling from (CITY) to urge Senator/Representative (NAME) to speak out against the appointment of Steve Bannon as President Elect Trump’s top advisor.
Steve Bannon is a known white supremacist, whose organization, Breitbart Media, promotes openly racist and sexist ideologies. He is proud of his connection to the alt-right movement, which openly campaigns for an “Aryan Homeland” and white ethno-nationalism.
He promotes Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim ideologies and harrassment of women. His appointment has told white supremacists throughout the country that their hatred and actions are justified.
This is not normal. We the people will not stand for this. It’s time to take a stand against racism. Speak out against the appointment of Steve Bannon and show America we will not allow the white supremacy movement to have the ear of our president.
I hope you will address this glaring issue. Thousands have already pledged their distrust of this man. I hope you will do the same.
Thank you for sharing my message.“

Don’t forget that Breitbart was instrumental in perpetuating Gamergate, a harassment campaign that targeted women, people of color, and LBQT+ folk in the gaming industry. Milo Yiannopoulos, arguably the public face of the alt-right, was instrumental in this, and is a contributor at Breitbart.

If you need to reference specific events or details in your phone call, this is the one to make note of. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) introduced anti-harassment legislation in response to Gamergate, and this connects Steve Bannon to Congress in a tangible way. Steve Bannon and Breitbart Media encourage the harassment and online violence so much so that it led to legislation being introduced to Congress to put an end to it. Mentioning this is more effective than simply calling him a misogynist—you now have evidence of his misogyny in a way that relates to your Senators’ and Representatives’ area of expertise.