In fourth on-the-record comment, Bannon says Dems underestimate Trump's appeal

[DonViejo]

By LOUIS NELSON 08/18/2017 07:04 AM EDT

On the heels of his recent wide-ranging interview with a liberal magazine, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said that the fresh wave of criticism this week from Democrats accusing President Donald Trump of sympathizing with white supremacist groups will, in the long run, play to his political advantage,

Trump has been labeled a racist before, Bannon argued, and was attacked almost constantly by Democrats during last year’s presidential election. But while Democrats were attacking the president, Bannon recalled, Trump was running on an economic message that ultimately proved more persuasive than any label his opponents could hang on him.

“This past election, the Democrats used every personal attack, including charges of racism, against President Trump. He then won a landslide victory on a straightforward platform of economic nationalism,” Bannon wrote in an email Thursday to The Washington Post. “As long as the Democrats fail to understand this, they will continue to lose. But leftist elites do not value history, so why would they learn from history?”

Charges against the president of racism, or at least sympathies for hate groups, have resurfaced this week in the wake of a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend that left one woman dead and 19 others people injured.

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[bearsfootball516]

1. Bannon is an absolute piece of shit

(And looks like he hasn't showered for a month)

But he's not wrong. His base, and swing voters, will put economic promises and such in front of racist allegations. I'm not saying Trump shouldn't be hammered for his statements this past Tuesday, but Democrats also have to reach out to voters and give them what they want.

Taking down a Confederate statue is great, but that doesn't help Jimmy in Iowa, who is 40 years old and was just laid off for the first time in his life because the factory he worked at closed. He doesn't care about the statue, he needs a job.

[haveahart]

2. That is precisely why Corporate America can cut Trump and his bedfellows off at the knees.

It is within their power. If Trump was doing so much for them, why did he just lose his job? He sure didn't lose it under Obama.

[leftstreet]

3. The racism is no longer an allegation

Bannon may have a point about what Trump's supporters heard during the campaign. But now they're hearing the racism right from Trump's own pie-hole.

I think Master Race Steve better check some polling before he makes his claims

[uponit7771]

4. Without the Russians, voter suppression and medias 60% coverage of emails there would be no appeal

[jmg257]

11. No appeal for trump w/o Russians/suppression/media?!? Silly premise.

Seriously doubt 62+ million people voted for him because of emails & Russia pushing fake stories.

[uponit7771]

13. He would not be elected and we wouldn't care

[jmg257]

18. That is possible, of course.

[lpbk2713]

5. Trump appeals to me like the back end of a garbage truck.

I would be much better off without him as a part of my life.

[Johonny]

6. Trump has less friends in Washington than Ted Cruz

It isn't Dems leading the charge. Trump has been buried by allegations from the media and his own party. He has spent the past 1.5 years burning every bridge. You usually don't get up from being under the bus.

[MiniMe]

7. I don't underestimate it, I'm just disgusted by it

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Cosigning

[Demsrule86]

9. I posted the fact that my hubs is being laid off here in Ohio

as have many others. We are involved in autos...they are the harbingers of Recession...I doubt Trump can survive a downturn.

[lindysalsagal]

10. Naked political strategy lacking any and all human compassion. a.k.a: Sociopath.

Proud sociopath.

[MrsCoffee]

12. Yes Steve, we know you got a woodie.

But the rest of us will be impotent for life when it come to Dumpty Trumpty. Not a single thing about him is appealing.

[dhill926]

14. so if trump lost by say 5 million votes...

it would be an even bigger landslide victory? Asshole....

[procon]

15. Trump has failed to deliver on anything he promised during his campaign,

including his imaginary economic message. Trump lied. He never had any "straightforward platform of economic nationalism", he only had a policy of White Nationalism, and that appears to be going really, really well.

[FLPanhandle]

16. I don't underestimate Trump's appeal

I live in a deep red area of this country and I can say this week has done nothing around here to reduce Trump's support.

It may come as a shock to DU, but most people don't really care about confederate statues.

To quote James Carville, "It's the economy stupid". People around here still see Trump as someone fighting for US jobs, reducing the influx of immigrants, and improving the economy. Until that perception changes, Trump could win re-election.

I underestimated Trump last year, never again.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. He's desperately trying to keep his job

He's been publicly silent until last week. Now all of a sudden he'll loudly praise Dump to anyone who will listen.