Sebastian Gorka participating in a discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/JTA)
The leaders of four minority House caucus groups have written a letter to US President Donald Trump calling for the removal of White House staff aides Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.
The heads of the black, Hispanic, Asian and progressive caucuses are calling in the letter for the firings of the Trump administration officials in the wake of a violent, racist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Stephen Bannon at a Donald Trump rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada, Nov. 5, 2016. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
The letter asserts their continuing presence in the White House is emboldening a resurgent white supremacist movement in America.
Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
“Americans deserve to know that white nationalists, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis are not in a position to influence US policy,” says the letter dated Monday.
“In this time of tumult in our country, Americans deserve a leader that will bring us all together and denounce those who seek to tear us apart.”
— AP
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