Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream

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In August, after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville (VA) ended in murder, Steve Bannon insisted that "there's no room in American society" for neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, and the KKK. But an explosive cache of documents obtained by BuzzFeed News proves that there was plenty of room for those voices on his website.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, under Bannon’s leadership, Breitbart courted the alt-right — the insurgent, racist right-wing movement that helped sweep Donald Trump to power. The former White House chief strategist famously remarked that he wanted Breitbart to be “the platform for the alt-right.”


Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled Nazi and White Nationalist Ideas Into The Mainstream