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Article snippet: Democrats are cheering the news that Stephen Bannon is out as White House chief strategist. Bannon has long been one of the least-liked figures in the White House on the left, and many Democrats have criticized his influence. Democrats have ripped the former leader of Breitbart News for promoting nationalist policies that they see as thinly disguised racism. Sen. MORE (D-Pa.) said Bannon should never have been given his position by President Trump. "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," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a statement. "President Trump's growing record of repulsive statements is matched by his repulsive policies. Personnel changes are worthless so long as President Trump continues to advance policies that disgrace our cherished American values," she said. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said he was happy that Bannon would be gone but that the departure "cannot wash away the harm he and the president have done." "It can't reverse the Muslim Ban. 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," Cicilline said in a statement. Other House Democrats chimed in with similar messages. Bannon's departure comes nearly a week after white supremacists and neo-Nazis rallied in Charlottes... Link to the full article to read more