Breitbart has also published multiple stories criticizing Trump’s choice for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, labeling her a supporter of Common Core state standards, which conservatives loathe and Trump opposes. DeVos rejects that characterization.
Trump certainly has not lost Breitbart and Infowars yet, but their love for the incoming president is not unconditional. Stephen K. Bannon, on leave from his post as Breitbart chairman to serve as Trump’s chief strategist, told the Wall Street Journal this month that he expects that the people running his site will watch closely to make sure the billionaire’s administration stays “true to its vision.”
“If we don’t,” he said, “I assume they will hammer us.”
The hammers at Breitbart and Infowars are bigger and more powerful now than they were before Trump amplified the sites’ messages during his campaign. If he doesn’t deliver what they want, the websites that built him up could also knock him down.
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