strategist has nothing to do with me or my presidency. that in turn lost bannon the support of rebecca percenter and her father robert, the billionaire backers of the breitbart media site. tonight the new york times broke the news bannon is out at breitba breitbart. his departure forced by rebecca mercer herself. robert costa, washington post, has been reporting on bannon s exit. kirk beidella, a former spokesperson for breitbart news. robert, give us the play by play of how bannon lost his gig. it came sudden today at breitbart headquarters. people were preparing for radio interviews, bannon himself was sharing the website and the editorial coverage. but the decision in a way also had been in the works for weeks. ra becker mercer, the billionaire donor, a stake holder in the site, in the breitbart leadership, looking to push him. he wanted to move away from bannon as being this omni
against him in 2020, because of just his tweets or maybe his the way he comports himself, isn t his actions, whether it s destroying isis in the middle east, or rebuilding the economy here, unlocking the animal spirits of the american people, don t you think those actions go a lot farther than your quiet professionalism? well, the groveling didn t work. steve bannon is out of a job. two jobs, in fact. he has stepped down as executive chairman of breitbart news and will no longer host the breitbart radio show on sirius xm. bannon attacked donald trump s family in the new book fire and fury, going after ivanka and donald jr. and angering the president in the process. after the book came out, trump said bannon had lost his mind and said his one-time campaign chief executive and fired chief strategist has nothing to do with me or my presidency. that in turn lost bannon the support of rebecca percenter and her father robert, the billionaire backers of the breitbart media site. ton