"A cheeky protester spoiled Steve Bannon’s breezy dismissal of federal charges against him Monday with a large sign widely seen on national media reading: “Coup Plotter.”
Activist Bill Christeson squeezed into a window of space with his sign just behind the former Donald Trump aide and in front of cameras.
He tries to chose one or two words for his signs to hammer home a simple message. “People can’t get your message if they can’t see your message,” he noted.
It was easily readable during Bannon’s rant as he was about to surrender to the FBI field office in the District of Columbia after being indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. He was hit with the charges last week after blowing off a subpoena to appear before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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“I think of it as a kind of branding,” added the activist, who is retired after a career working for social service and international human rights organizations. He asked that the location of his home not be revealed for safety reasons.
He’s is referred to on Twitter as the “sign guy” and often as “Alt Santa” for his snow-white hair and beard. Many, however, know his identity and tweeted out congratulations on Twitter.
One fan said he “whooped” Monday when he saw Christeson on NBC. “You helped us get through the four years and it’s lovely to have you still there stoking morale,” he tweeted.
The Coup Plotter sign guy is the same Manafort Traitor sign guy! #CoupPlotterSteveBannon#Bannon If you watched Maddow (still waiting for post so I can screenshot the still image) I swear it’s that guy pic.twitter.com/Q5Cs7r6LZF
— Tenacious “T” #VoteBlueToEndTheViolence (@WillResistAdmin) November 16, 2021
in my video you can hear Bill Christeson yell "Traitor", he's the guy with the signs behind Manafort and Roger Stone, he's my hero https://t.co/TfMD2baQ2H
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