Steve Bannon used a slur for white Southerners when emailing Jeffrey Epstein about the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia..
What’s Happening: The comment appeared in newly released Jeffrey Epstein files.
What’s Important: Bannon served as chief strategist in the Trump White House. He hosts the War Room podcast, which has a large audience that includes Georgia listeners. He has positioned himself as a populist voice, but his emails to Epstein often take an elitist tone.
Augusta National Golf Club is in Augusta, Georgia. It hosts the Masters Tournament. The term “crackers” is a derogatory and racist term for white Southerners.
Trump pardoned Bannon in 2021 for fraud charges related to a border wall fundraising campaign. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022.
Further Explanation: Augusta National admitted its first Black member in 1990. The club admitted its first women members in 2012.
Sources:
- Anand Giridharadas
- Epstein files
- Public records
B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.