Former White House strategist Steve Bannon applauded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s handling of the impeachment investigation into President Trump.
“I disagree with her ideologically, but I think Nancy Pelosi is a master at political warfare. I think, strategically, what she has done from their perspective is actually quite brilliant,” Bannon told CBS News.
Bannon, who was fired from his top White House position in 2017, recently launched a podcast about Trump’s impeachment as a way to counter a “well-oiled Democratic media machine.” He said Republicans don’t have a “sense of urgency” in defending the president and “are not as united on messaging as the Democrats.”
Bannon previously called the impeachment investigation a “mortal threat” to Trump’s presidency, but he is now predicting that it could be “quite healthy” for the president’s chances at reelection.
Public impeachment hearings begin Wednesday with William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, testifying. Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, is scheduled to testify Friday.
