--- 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: 2026-10-07T06:54:30.777Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3425 og:image:height: 1927 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:53 video:published: 2016-11-13 section: politics topics: White House staffing, presidential counselors, West Wing role, presidential agenda, government agencies, government restructuring, political team cohesion genre: news clip, interview tones: earnest, humble, hesitant, emphatic emotions: pride (medium), humility (medium), frustration (low), determination (medium) sentiment: neutral audience: political observers, US politics followers, news viewers people: Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway organizations: White House content_suitability: politics [00:00-01:53] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Protesters Stormed the Building Where Donald Trump's Transition Team Is Based > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=ecc8c785-24b3-413f-8c6a-4cb87796c364&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Donald Trump's Staff Picks [Watch (HLS stream): Donald Trump's Staff Picks](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hxBwlUGs.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2016-11-13. Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is headed to the White House, where she’ll serve as counselor to the president._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Kellyanne Conway, identified in the description as Donald Trump's campaign manager, is said to be heading to the White House as counselor to the president. In the clip, a speaker expresses pride and humility at taking a role in the West Wing and emphasizes the importance of a cohesive team of counselors who believe in the president's agenda. The speaker then briefly suggests doing away with a government agency, stumbles over naming the agencies, and closes with the line 'Americans have had enough!' ## Key points - The speaker says they are pleased and humbled to take on a role in the West Wing near the President. (00:06) - The speaker says the role involves supporting the senior team the President already has in place. (00:06) - The speaker argues it is incredibly important to be a cohesive team of counselors and advisors who believe in the President's agenda. (00:15) - The speaker predicts the President is going to do many great things very quickly as President. (00:15) - The speaker proposes doing away with a 'third agency of government' and names education and commerce as candidates. (00:25) - The speaker stumbles while trying to name the third agency, saying 'I can't' and 'Oops.' (00:25) - The speaker concludes with the statement 'Americans have had enough!' (01:18) - The transcript includes a website address, www.feyyaz.tv, shown at the end of the clip. (01:48) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:15] Role in the West Wing. The speaker expresses pride and humility at taking a West Wing role supporting the president's senior team. - [00:15 to 00:25] Cohesive team and presidential agenda. The speaker stresses the importance of counselors and advisors who share the president's agenda. - [00:25 to 01:18] Proposal to eliminate a government agency. The speaker suggests doing away with a government agency but cannot recall the third agency named. - [01:18 to 01:53] Closing remarks. The speaker closes with the statement that Americans have had enough, followed by a website address. ## Key quotes - [00:06] interviewer: "I'm just really pleased and frankly very humbled with Chris to take on this role in the West Wing near the President" - [00:15] interviewer: "it's incredibly important to be a cohesive team of counselors and advisors who very much believe in this man's agenda" - [00:25] interviewer: "The third agency of government, I would do away with the education, the commerce, and let's see, I can't, the third one I can't, sorry. Oops." - [01:18] interviewer: "Americans have had enough!" ## Questions this video answers - What role is being taken on in the West Wing? [00:06] - Why does the speaker consider a cohesive team of counselors important? [00:15] - Which government agencies does the speaker suggest eliminating? [00:25] - What is the speaker's closing message to viewers? [01:18] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-01:53]: Entire clip concerns White House staffing and political agenda.  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 17, 2016 4:58 PM UTC Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is headed to the White House, where she’ll serve as counselor to the president.  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) \[[_Patch.com_](http://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/protesters-storm-gsa-building-where-trump-transition-team-located)\] ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] Americans have had [00:04] enough. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ MUSIC ] [ CROSSTALK ] [00:08] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] We [00:27] don't really believe there is a functional conservative [00:30] party in this country. We surely don't think the [00:32] Republican Party is that. 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