{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ellison.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-ellison-statement-on-president-elect-trump-s-announcement-of-stephen", "Rep. Ellison Statement on President-elect Trump\u2019s Announcement of Stephen Bannon as White House Senior Advisor", "2016-11-14", "2016", "2016-11", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Keith Ellison", "E000288", "ellison.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced Stephen Bannon, the publisher of Breitbart News, would serve as the top strategist in his White House:\n\u201cOn Sunday night, President-elect Donald Trump appeared on CBS\u2019 60 Minutes. While on this program, the President-elect took a minute to address his supporters who have harassed racial and religious minorities. The President-elect\u2019s supporters have drawn swastikas on schools and churches, encouraged political opponents to commit suicide, threatened Muslim-Americans with violence, and committing other hate crimes.\n\u201cAfter addressing his supporters, the President-elect should turn his attention to the man he\u2019s selected to run his White House: Stephen Bannon. Mr. Bannon has called the Pope a \u201ccommie.\u201d He has referred to the Civil War as the \u201cwar of Southern Independence.\u201d He referred to liberal, college educated women as \u201ca bunch of dykes.\u201d And sworn testimony in a legal case alleged Mr. Bannon was a domestic abuser and that he stated he \u201cdidn\u2019t want [his children] going to school with Jews.\u201d\n\u201cMr. Bannon is adored by white supremacists, white nationalists, anti-Semites, neo-Nazis, and the KKK. It\u2019s not hard to see why.\n\u201cIf the President-elect is serious about rejecting bigotry, hatred, and violence from his supporters, he must rescind Stephen Bannon\u2019s appointment. This man shouldn\u2019t be allowed to visit the White House \u2013 let alone run it.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://ellison.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-ellison-statement-on-president-elect-trump-s-announcement-of-stephen"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3176702670753, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}