text: Bannon was raised Catholic, but I don’t know if he still identifies as one. Like Gingrich and Giuliani (both Catholics), and like Trump himself, Bannon brings his third wife to the family values party, as well as accusations of infidelity and domestic violence. He’s all of what you say he is, and worse. He is Trump’s link to the white supremacist and nationalist movements which operate under the euphemistic banner of “alt-right.”  The evil Bannon brings to the White House is his bigotry; the genius is in his willingness -- his preference -- to fly under the radar screen, to call as little attention to himself as possible, and to indulge Trump’s pathological need for flattery and approval.