Steve Bannon OUT At Breitbart News

How far the self-perceived mighty can fall...

Former White House chief strategist and founding member of Breitbart News has been ousted from his position at the far-right leaning website.

Steve Bannon is out at far-right Breitbart News, the outlet confirmed Tuesday.

Bannon has served as executive chairman of Breitbart News since 2012 following founder Andrew Breitbart’s death.

From HuffPost:

Rumors of Bannon’s ouster from the conservative news outlet began Thursday, when The Wall Street Journal reported that the owners of the publication were debating Bannon’s future.

During a press briefing Thursday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Breitbart should consider firing Bannon.

“I certainly think that it’s something they should look at and consider,” she said.

Bannon’s exit comes after he feuded with President Donald Trump last week. The former executive was quoted saying that a 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., other Trump associates and a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower was “treasonous.”

“The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor — with no lawyers,” Bannon told Michael Wolff in an excerpt from Wolff’s new book, Fire and Fury.

“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately,” Bannon added.

Rebekah Mercer, a major financial backer of Breitbart, recently distanced herself from Bannon in an interview with The Washington Post.

Steve Bannon is also out at SiriusXM. pic.twitter.com/8zU0mLzbCG

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 9, 2018

Bannon is out. He was telling people as late as this weekend that he wasn't leaving & would continue to thrive.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 9, 2018

What an extraordinary fall for Steve Bannon. A year ago he was the chief strategist to the incoming President of the United States. And now... ???

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 9, 2018

Steve Bannon and I. We both ended up pissing off a lot of people. But I’ll say this for myself—at least I did it with my own book.

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) January 9, 2018

It's gonna be a little tough for Steve Bannon to keep boasting about “genetic superiority” after managing to lose two jobs in one day.

— Gabe #DreamActNow Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 9, 2018