Campaign Action
There are 188 Democrats in the House of Representatives, and 169 of them have signed a letter calling on Donald Trump to fire Stephen Bannon.
In your election night speech you said “Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division. It is time for us to come together as one united people.” Unfortunately, your appointment of Stephen Bannon, whose ties to the White Nationalist movement have been well-documented, directly undermines your ability to unite the country. [...]
Millions of Americans have expressed fear and concern about how they will be treated by the Trump Administration and your appointment of Mr. Bannon only exacerbates and validates their concerns.
Not that Trump will ever listen to House Democrats, but the letter sends another message to the media and the country: This is not normal. This is not business as usual.
And while 169 out of 188 is a lot, in this instance, the question is why there are 19 Democrats who haven’t signed on.