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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 01:59 AM Aug 2016

Ex-Wife Says Trump Campaign Boss Used Anti-Semitic Slurs

Source: Talking Points Memo

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An ex-wife of Donald Trump's new campaign CEO, Stephen Bannon, said Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks when the two battled over sending their daughters to private school nearly a decade ago, according to court papers reviewed Friday by The Associated Press.

That revelation came a day after reports emerged that domestic violence charges were filed 20 years ago against Bannon following an altercation with his then-wife, Mary Louise Piccard.

In a sworn court declaration following their divorce, Piccard said her ex-husband had objected to sending their twin daughters to an elite Los Angeles academy because he "didn't want the girls going to school with Jews."

"He said he doesn't like Jews and that he doesn't like the way they raise their kids to be 'whiney brats,'" Piccard said in a 2007 court filing.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ex-wife-says-trump-campaign-boss-used-anti-semitic-slurs

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Ex-Wife Says Trump Campaign Boss Used Anti-Semitic Slurs (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2016 OP
not surprised. riversedge Aug 2016 #1
Bannon should only say good things about "whiny brats" ... JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2016 #2
can't that whiny brat find a better hair stylist and makeup artist? wordpix Aug 2016 #4
Wow, just wow!!! winstars Aug 2016 #3
That man is an all-round bigot. No wonder Trump picked him. Only the most extreme bigots muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #5

muriel_volestrangler

(101,319 posts)
5. That man is an all-round bigot. No wonder Trump picked him. Only the most extreme bigots
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:03 PM
Aug 2016

are good enough to run with Trump.

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