>But Steve Bannon, Trump’s choice for chief of staff, stated publicly that he positioned Breitbart as “a platform for the alt-right,” that is, for the newest incarnation of white nationalism.
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>Here's some direct quotes from Bannon: e.g. see http://www.wsj.com/articles/steve-bannon-on-politics-as-war-1479513161
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>"Our definition of the alt-right is younger people who are anti-globalists, very nationalist, terribly anti-establishment.”
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>That's what he says he means when he says "alt-right." But instead of allowing that, critics inject their own unsubstantiated definition of "alt-right" so they can pretend he's talking about being and giving a platform to white nationalism.
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I base my definition of "alt-right" on what the guy who coined the term means.

>Re Sessions: again, critics prefer to rely on 30-year old accusations rather than his more recent track record. This is being amply covered elsewhere so I'll limit myself to one citation from his home state: http://www.weeklystandard.com/in-alabama-jeff-sessions-desegregated-schools-and-got-the-death-penalty-for-kkk-murderer/article/2005461
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If you read the links in my article, you'll see that in fact, Sessions fought against fair funding for schools (which is related to desegregating them).


>Re actors reading out speeches to Pence: we all have personal attitudes to privacy and appropriateness- and precedent. Trump won't want scolding or speechifying whenever he's trying to be a member of the audience and nor would you. But IMHO this is one that he should have let go. Don't sweat the small stuff.

The issue here, of course, is his attitude toward free speech and a free press, not the incident itself.

Tamar