I agree. The hiring of Bannon is not rhetorical or symbolic — it's dangerous and is a serious setback for our nation. I'm hard-pressed to find a single man as bigoted and extreme as him who has had a position in the White House in my lifetime. NBC offered a strong analysis of the situation, and rightly called Bannon out for his views, but they made one strategic error. They said Bannon and his dangerous ideology "will have a chance to influence policy." It will have far more than a chance. He is the Chief Policy Advisor and Strategist to President of the United States. Of course he will influence policy.