Bannon vows to intensify Breitbart war with Hollywood

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is vowing to wage war on Hollywood liberals after news reports revealed decades of sexual harassment and assault allegations against film mogul and Democratic mega-donor Harvey Weinstein.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Breitbart News chief says that left-wing Hollywood is his website’s “original battle.”

“Hollywood isn’t a new battlefront for Breitbart, it’s the original battle,” Bannon says. “The fact it’s blowing itself up isn’t a new stage in the culture war, it’s an inevitable one.”

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“They’ve ignored half the country’s values for far too long and now these Hollywood elitists’ values are publicly on display, and bankrupt,” he added.

In the interview, Bannon accuses Hollywood insiders of ignoring Weinstein’s alleged conduct for decades while simultaneously criticizing President Trump over the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape in which Trump appears to speak about groping women.

“These are the same people who disingenuously seized the moral high ground as they attacked our president based on a standard they do not live by,” Bannon said.

“Americans took their country back not only from the permanent political class but also from these phony culture brokers who have waged war against their way of life for decades. Make no mistake, we didn’t start this war, but how Hollywood responds from here will determine whether or not it survives.”

According to Bannon, this war begins with a 14,000-word article published Thursday that was penned by a former joke writer for comedians such as Tracy Morgan and Sarah Silverman, who now argues that he has been ostracized from Hollywood as a result of his support for Trump.

“There is a populist movement taking over politics in this country,” Bannon concludes. “Breitbart was founded on the notion that culture dictates politics, and if Hollywood doesn’t understand this movement and these people, then they better be prepared for the consequences.”