Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNo new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead Democrats back away from quick reversal of Trump tax cuts The Memo: 2020 is all about winning Florida MORE (I-Vt.) is calling for President Trump adviser Steve Bannon to be removed from the National Security Council (NSC).

“Steve Bannon sitting on the National Security Council is dangerous and unprecedented. He must be removed,” Sanders tweeted.

“We need experienced people who will protect our country on the National Security Council, not an extreme right-wing political operative,” he added.

Steve Bannon sitting on the National Security Council is dangerous and unprecedented. He must be removed. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 30, 2017

We need experienced people who will protect our country on the National Security Council, not an extreme right-wing political operative. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 30, 2017

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Trump signed a memorandum on Saturday to restructure the NSC to include Bannon, White House chief strategist. The restructuring also downgraded the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence.

The addition of Bannon, the White House's chief strategist, to NSC meetings has provoked outrage among both Republicans and Democrats on the grounds that national security decisions should be made apart from political concerns. Former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice called the move "stone cold crazy," while Sen. John McCain John Sidney McCainCOVID response shows a way forward on private gun sale checks Trump pulls into must-win Arizona trailing in polls Nonprofit 9/11 Day bashes Trump for airing political ads on Sept. 11 anniversary MORE (R-Ariz.) said the move made him "worried."

Bannon was the head of conservative website Breitbart News before joining Trump’s campaign as chief executive last year. White House spokesman Sean Spicer defended Bannon's addition to the NSC on the grounds that he was previously an officer in the Navy.