Protesters riot as Steve Bannon prepares key note speech

Several individuals were pictured protesting outside the Anaheim Marriott hotel late Friday in preparation for right-wing extremist Steve Bannon’s keynote speech.

As many as 50 rioters gathered the streets holding signs and chanting in opposition of the former White House Chief Strategist.

The Breitbart News chairman spoke at the Republican convention in response to Senators he said have ousted President Trump and the ‘conservative agenda’ following the party’s 2016 election win, The Los Angeles Times reported of the event.

Former White House Chief Strategist Bannon spoke Friday at the Republican convention in response to Senators he said have ousted President Trump and the ‘conservative agenda’

Several individuals were pictured protesting outside the Anaheim Marriott hotel late Friday

Several individuals were pictured protesting outside the Anaheim Marriott hotel late Friday

As many as 50 rioters gathered the streets holding signs and chanting in opposition of the former White House Chief Strategist

As many as 50 rioters gathered the streets holding signs and chanting in opposition of the former White House Chief Strategist

The protesters were kept behind steel barricades on a plaza across an entrance road at the hotel

The protesters were kept behind steel barricades on a plaza across an entrance road at the hotel

During the speech, Bannon blasted former President George W. Bush for ’embarrassing himself’ for his comments suggesting a Trump America led to ‘nativism’ and ‘casual cruelty.’

Bannon also said that while John Mccain ‘deserves our respect, as a politician, he’s just another Senator from Arizona.’

Los Angeles Times reporter Seema Mehta wrote to Twitter during the event: ‘The crowd at #CAGOP17 just booed George W. Bush and John McCain. ‘Hang him!’ one man yelled about McCain.’

No arrests were reported outside of the California hotel as of Friday

No arrests were reported outside of the California hotel as of Friday

Demonstrators held up signs outside the hotel that read things like: 'REJECT HATE, REJECT BANNON'

Demonstrators held up signs outside the hotel that read things like: ‘REJECT HATE, REJECT BANNON’

Another signs from protesters read: 'Take out the trash,' and 'BAN BANNON'

Another signs from protesters read: ‘Take out the trash,’ and ‘BAN BANNON’

One of the protesters even reportedly displayed a sign with a drawing of a Nazi swastika

One of the protesters even reportedly displayed a sign with a drawing of a Nazi swastika

Fired-up demonstrators held up signs outside the hotel that read things like: ‘REJECT HATE, REJECT BANNON’, ‘Take out the trash,’ and ‘BAN BANNON’.

The protesters were kept behind steel barricades on a plaza across an entrance road at the hotel, largely out of view of people entering for the event. 

No arrests have been reported as of late Friday.

One of the protesters was shown displaying a sign with a drawing of a Nazi swastika.

One of the protesters was shown displaying a sign with a drawing of a Nazi swastika in protest of Bannon

One of the protesters was shown displaying a sign with a drawing of a Nazi swastika in protest of Bannon

The keynote speech comes just days after Bannon left a blistering attack on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans at an Arizona fundraiser

The keynote speech comes just days after Bannon left a blistering attack on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans at an Arizona fundraiser

Bannon previously called for an 'open revolt' against establishment Republicans

Bannon previously called for an ‘open revolt’ against establishment Republicans

The keynote speech comes just days after Bannon left a blistering attack on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans at an Arizona fundraiser.

Bannon previously called for an ‘open revolt’ against establishment Republicans, and is promoting a field of primary challengers to take on incumbent Republicans in Congress. But in California, the GOP has been fading for years.  

The state has become a kind of Republican mausoleum: GOP supporters can relive the glory days by visiting the stately presidential libraries of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, but today Democrats control every statewide office and rule both chambers of the Legislature by commanding margins.

With the GOP relegated to the bleachers in Sacramento, Bannon’s message is likely to receive a warm response from the conservative activists who tend to dominate at the GOP conclave.

‘Steve Bannon is a natural fit for a party that is hungry for a revolution, and the party in California is definitely hungry for a revolution,’ former Orange County Republican leader Scott Baugh said.

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