Dems Cheer Bannon's Ouster: 'Welcome News'

Democrats celebrated Steve Bannon's firing Friday by President Donald Trump, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi questioned whether the ouster would change the tenor of the Trump White House.

"Steve Bannon's firing is welcome news, but it doesn't disguise where President Trump himself stands on white supremacists and the bigoted beliefs they advance," the California Democrat said in a statement.

"President Trump's growing record of repulsive statements is matched by his repulsive policies," she said. "Personnel changes are worthless so long as President Trump continues to advance policies that disgrace our cherished American values."

Pelosi also took to Twitter:

Steve Bannon's exit does not erase @realDonaldTrump's long record of lifting up racist viewpoints & advancing repulsive policies. #BannonOut
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) August 18, 2017

Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania echoed the same sentiment in asserting that President Trump should have never brought Bannon into the White House in the first place.

Rejecting Steve Bannon is just one step, @POTUS must unequivocally condemn and reject the so-called "alt-right" and their hateful ideology.
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) August 18, 2017

Other Democrats tweeted likewise:

Glad to see Bannon gone; he never belonged in the WH. But the problem persists, since the most profound source of division cannot be fired.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 18, 2017

While he never should have been in the WH, I'm glad Bannon is out. But he's just one staffer & we need real action to undo the damage done https://t.co/s6qHu9lu3v
— Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) August 18, 2017

Personnel changes are fascinating and dramatic but let's just remember how little of a difference it makes with this President.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 18, 2017

It's the President that matters.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 18, 2017

In his Twitter statement, Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island said that Bannon's dismissal "cannot wash away the harm he and the president have done.

"It can't reverse the Muslim Ban," he added. "It can't reverse the president's inappropriate attacks on a federal judge of Mexican heritage.

"And it can't reverse the White House's reluctance to denounce white supremacists," the representative said.

I'm happy Bannon will no longer work in the White House. But his departure can't wash away the harm he and @POTUS have done. My statement: pic.twitter.com/XwBB3CS52j
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) August 18, 2017

Sent this letter to @realDonaldTrump last November asking him not to hire Bannon.

I asked my Republican colleagues to join me. None did. pic.twitter.com/cVLnlVyOEw
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) August 18, 2017

Here are posts from other Democrats:

Good riddance.
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) August 18, 2017

#Bannon was just a start. What really have to go are the xenophobic policies & rhetoric he inspired.
— Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) August 18, 2017

RT to tell @realDonaldTrump to make it happen TODAY and to send Gorka and Miller with him. https://t.co/8XwmMNyAdu
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) August 18, 2017