Rep. Ruben Gallego Statement on Bannon NSC Appointment
Congressman Ruben Gallego, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:
"I was distressed to learn of the President's decision to elevate his chief political strategist Stephen Bannon – a white nationalist with no national security experience – to the National Security Council's Principals Committee.
We are only 10 days into the Trump Administration. The Trump Administration has not had to confront a single major crisis that is not of its own making, and it is already clear that President Trump and his senior aides are in way over their heads.
Now with the President's decision to reshuffle the National Security Council, American foreign policy is in the hands of Stephen Bannon – a racist, anti-Semitic political operative – and Michael Flynn, an Islamophobe who supports torture.
The courageous men and women who serve our nation in uniform deserve better than Bannon and Flynn at the National Security Council."