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Bannon Attacks George W. Bush After Ex-President Decried 'Nativism,' 'Bigotry'

Former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has declared war on the GOP establishment, took aim at the former president saying "there has not been a more destructive presidency."
Then-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Washington, D.C. area on February 23, 2017. Since leaving the president's staff Bannon is spearheading an effort to take on the GOP establishment. / MIKE THEILER / Getty Images

Former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon unleashed a torrent of insults against former President George W. Bush in California Friday night.

"President Bush embarrassed himself," Bannon said, in a 40-minute address at an annual California Republican Party convention in Anaheim, Calif. "He has no earthly idea whether he is coming or going just like it was when he was president of the United States," Bannon said to a smattering of applause and laughter.

Bannon also called Bush the "most destructive" president in

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