--- title: Donald Trump Transition Protested for Steve Bannon Hire description: Protesters marched into the lobby of the General Services Administration, where Donald Trump's White House transition team has been meeting canonical: https://time.com/4574951/donald-trump-transition-steve-bannon-protesters/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-17T16:58:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:53:26.544Z article:section: Politics og:title: Protesters Stormed the Building Where Trump's Transition Is Based og:description: They chanted and held signs demanding Trump fire chief strategist Steve Bannon og:url: https://time.com/4574951/donald-trump-transition-steve-bannon-protesters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfcf718e520ff71c/6988aede428a9e2604cd50b2/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-protestors-gsa-transition-team.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: stephen bannon donald trump protestors gsa transition team og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Protesters Stormed the Building Where Trump's Transition Is Based twitter:description: They chanted and held signs demanding Trump fire chief strategist Steve Bannon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfcf718e520ff71c/6988aede428a9e2604cd50b2/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-protestors-gsa-transition-team.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Protesters Stormed the Building Where Donald Trump's Transition Team Is Based  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 17, 2016 4:58 PM UTC  Steve Bannon exits an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower, November 11, 2016 in New York City. Steve Bannon exits an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower, November 11, 2016 in New York City.Drew Angerer—Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 17, 2016 4:58 PM UTC Protesters marched into the lobby of the General Services Administration in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, where [Donald Trump’s White House transition](http://time.com/4574493/donald-trump-chaotic-transition/?xid=homepage) team has been meeting. They were there to protest Trump’s appointment of [Steve Bannon as his chief White House strategist](http://time.com/4569895/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-alt-right/?xid=homepage), [Patch](http://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/protesters-storm-gsa-building-where-trump-transition-team-located) reports. The group chanted and held signs calling for Trump to “Fire Bannon.” Formerly the head of the alt-right news website Breitbart, Bannon has given voice to some of the unsavory forces floating around the conservative movement’s fringe, including a resurgence of white nationalism. His appointment has [fueled anger](http://time.com/4569588/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-breitbart-white-house/), with critics decrying Bannon’s connections to racist and anti-Semitic views. > [](https://twitter.com/samrjewler/status/799249472505122816) The Jewish activist group [IfNotNow](https://twitter.com/IfNotNowOrg/status/799250560172130308) played a role in organizing the march, and protestors identified themselves on Twitter as the Jewish Resistance. Once inside the GSA lobby, protestors continued to rally. > [](https://twitter.com/KendrasPersonal/status/799251183881912320) \[[_Patch.com_](http://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/protesters-storm-gsa-building-where-trump-transition-team-located)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4574951/donald-trump-transition-steve-bannon-protesters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4574951/donald-trump-transition-steve-bannon-protesters/"},"headline":"Protesters Stormed the Building Where Donald Trump's Transition Team Is Based","datePublished":"2016-11-17T16:58:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:53:26.544Z","description":"They chanted and held signs demanding Trump fire chief strategist Steve Bannon","url":"https://time.com/4574951/donald-trump-transition-steve-bannon-protesters/","keywords":["White House","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfcf718e520ff71c/6988aede428a9e2604cd50b2/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-protestors-gsa-transition-team.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfcf718e520ff71c/6988aede428a9e2604cd50b2/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-protestors-gsa-transition-team.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"stephen bannon donald trump protestors gsa transition team","caption":"stephen bannon donald trump protestors gsa transition team","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4574951/donald-trump-transition-steve-bannon-protesters/","name":"Protesters Stormed the Building Where Donald Trump's Transition Team Is Based"}}]}] ```