Steve Bannon spoke with The New York Times today and unloaded on the liberal and toxic mainstream media.

“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while… The media is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. ”

“I want you to quote this,” Steve Bannon said. “The media here is the opposition party.” https://t.co/CaavOYgmT2 — The New York Times (@nytimes) January 26, 2017

Outraged liberal hacks immediately responded:

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Christiane Amanpour:

Sorry, what country are we in? “Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’, via @nytimes” https://t.co/WvRf5MQXdS — Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) January 26, 2017

ACLU:

No, Stephen Bannon, the media should not “keep its mouth shut” and if the Trump administration tries, we’ll see them in court. https://t.co/oW1fAavsoh — ACLU National (@ACLU) January 26, 2017

Glenn Thrush (A Hillary supporter busted by Wikileaks)

Bannon, shorter: We’re at 37% – we need an enemy – Hillary’s gone, so media, u r it! Tactics = ideology. https://t.co/nuQ4i88jed — Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) January 26, 2017

#NeverTrump and Wall Street Journal disgrace Bret Stephens:

Steve Bannon says media should “keep its mouth shut.” Castro, Putin, Erdogan, and Xi all feel the same way! https://t.co/m2wc02MZgD — Bret Stephens (@StephensWSJ) January 26, 2017

Good grief. Bill Kristol is still around?

It turns out Trump and Brannon are the biggest snowflakes of all. So sensitive! But the WH is a nice safe space…https://t.co/Zxwnyc8Efv — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 27, 2017

Hack Lawrence O’Donnell: