Top House Democrat quips that ‘President Bannon’ is running the show

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Rep. Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., said President Trump’s controversial travel ban is proof that his top strategist, Steve Bannon, is actually at the helm in the Oval Office.

“Maybe I give him too much credit; maybe it’s actually President Bannon,” he said during a Wednesday news conference organized to show opposition to the executive order. “Quite frankly, I think this is all about Bannon more than it is about Trump,” the House Democratic Caucus chairman said about the former Breitbart chairman.

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