Breitbart's Chief is Now Working for Trump. (As If He Wasn't

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/17/trump_campaign_hires_breitbart_chief_stephen_bannon.html

>The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Trump campaign has hired Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News, as its new “chief executive.”
>The Journal also reported that Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has been promoted to campaign manager. Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is expected to stay in his role
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https://twitter.com/reidepstein/status/765780122389676032

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-campaign-reshuffle-reaction-227105

>Donald Trump’s critics on both sides of the aisle scoffed at the shakeup of his top aides, arguing the Manhattan businessman needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror to figure out the root cause of his woes.

>For weeks, Trump has been hit with tanking poll numbers, distracted by political opponents not named Hillary Clinton and staring down the distinct possibility that his last 14 months could all have been for naught. With Stephen Bannon, the brash and bare-knuckled executive of Breitbart News, coming on as Trump's campaign CEO and chief pollster Kellyanne Conway boosted to the role of campaign manager, the Manhattan businessman vowed to "do whatever it takes to win this election."

>The announcement came hours after a well-received policy speech in Wisconsin in which he trained his "law and order" message onto the ongoing unrest in the Milwaukee area following another police-involved shooting, while accusing Clinton and the Democratic Party of "bigotry" toward African-Americans. And, as the Trump campaign blasted out in an early-morning announcement email, the move comes as he rolls out his first general election TV ads later this week, promising "additional top-flight operatives joining the movement on a near-daily basis."
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