Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Washington (CNN) Steve Bannon disparaged the mindset that motivates white supremacists in an interview published Wednesday, calling the group "a collection of clowns." "Ethno-nationalism -- it's losers," Bannon reportedly said in an interview published by the progressive magazine American Prospect. The White House chief strategist's comments follow a weekend of turmoil in the United States after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned violent and forced a state of emergency. One woman was killed and several of her fellow counter-protesters were injured when a car plowed through a crowd. In the days following the incident, President Donald Trump made a series of remarks -- some off the cuff -- that were strongly rebuked by politicians from both sides of the aisle.The White House chief strategist's comments follow violence over the weekendThe former editor of the far-right news website Breitbart is a controversial figure within the White House 
 Question:But Bannon's comments to the _ pushed back on that notion.

American Prospect