Steve Bannon has urged President Donald Trump’s supporters to back interim Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte over Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, as the backlash grows over Mullin’s recent comments on immigration reform.

“MAGA wants President Trump to detail ‘Pitbull’ Pulte to DHS,” Bannon told Politico. “Mullin is the wrong guy at the wrong time for the wrong job — a time when we need focus on ‘mass deportations,’ we get an amnesty advocate.”

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