--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:45:17.336Z 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 ---  # Protesters Stormed the Building Where Donald Trump's Transition Team Is Based > Sponsored content. 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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":"2026-08-19T07:45:17.336Z","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","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"}}]}] ```