WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement on the departure of Steve Bannon as Chief White House Strategist and Senior Counselor:

“Someone as divisive and inflammatory as Steve Bannon never should have been a top White House strategist to begin with.

"Mr. Bannon's firing is fine but it doesn't mean anything until President Trump stops fueling division and starts exercising better judgment and some self-control.”