Well said:
Casey, (D-Pa.), released the following statement on Bannon's appointment Monday night:
"I am deeply troubled that President-elect Trump has appointed Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor. Stephen Bannon has led an organization, Breitbart News, that the Southern Poverty Law Center has said, "has undergone a noticeable shift toward embracing ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant ideas –– all key tenets making up an emerging racist ideology known as the "Alt-Right."
Mr. Bannon once boasted that Breitbart News, "is the platform of the alt-right," which is nothing more than a euphemism for white nationalism. The litany of Breitbart's horrific statements is appalling: calling a prominent political commentator a 'renegade Jew,' insinuating that African Americans and immigrants are inherently criminal, suggesting that women who suffer harassment should stay silent and promoting the Confederate flag right after the Charleston shooting.
President-elect Trump has pledged to be a President for all Americans; placing this individual in a position of such significant power undermines that claim. Stephen Bannon is someone who has demonstrated disregard for common decency and values that all Americans should share. I would urge President-elect Trump to reconsider."
By the way, this isn’t the only racist act Casey’s been confronting:
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey met with college students in Philadelphia on Monday to reassure them of his support following a weekend incident, evidently motivated by racism, that has left some at Penn rattled.
Casey, a Democrat, also called on President-elect Donald Trump to “continuously condemn” acts of violence and hatred that have spiked on college campuses and elsewhere since last Tuesday’s election. Several black freshman students at the University of Pennsylvania were targeted over recent days via an online messaging app called GroupMe.
The university, local officials and the FBI are investigating the incident, which included the use of racial slurs and sending students pictures of lynchings.
Such acts of bigotry, Casey said, are threatening and cannot be tolerated.
“I commit to continue to fight to guard your safety and protect your rights,” he said. “What occurred at Penn is not an isolated incident. I was deeply disturbed to hear about reports of incidents at Villanova, Council Rock in Bucks County and York County School of Technology, including other incidents across the country. The cowards who committed these acts do not represent the values of Pennsylvania or the American people.”
Well said. Neither of these incidents should go unnoticed and Democrats need to keep speaking up. Casey is running for re-election in 2018. Please do consider helping him get an early start. Click here to get involved with his campaign.