Incident: In an interview conducted after the 2016 election but prior to joining President Trump in the White House, Bannon discusses his political philosophy regarding power in addition to his attitude towards Democrats and other enemies. Unsurprisingly, this quote received a lot of attention in the news media.
Date: November 18, 2016
Quote: “Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing.”
—The Hollywood Reporter interview
