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Steve Bannon: Gary Cohn ‘absolutely’ should have resigned after Charlottesville

By Anna Giaritelli
Published September 7, 2017 12:23pm ET
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Steve Bannon: Gary Cohn ‘absolutely’ should have resigned after Charlottesville
White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said he felt "enormous pressure both to resign and to remain in" his current position. "As a patriotic American, I am reluctant to leave my post. … But I also feel compelled to voice my distress over the events of the last two weeks" in Charlottesville, Va. | (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon believes White House economic adviser Gary Cohn should have stepped down from his administration post after criticizing President Trump’s handling of the deadly Charlottesville, Va., protest in August.

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