Is Steve Bannon (The Goldman Sachs Leninist) secretly punking the Republican establishment?

After eight years of Republicans calling Barack Obama "Barack HUSSEIN Obama", a secret Muslim, the antichrist, a racist Christian, the worst President ever, not the President, a Kenyan pretender, etc... they are now citing him as a reason for the Muslim Ban.

It's almost like he's exploiting the fact that today's Republicans will not criticize a Republican in high office and as we are seeing, will do any number of mental gymnastics to avoid saying that the Trump Administration's actions are unacceptable.

Problem is, while they may not see it, everyone else does. What effect do you think this is having on the image and very credibility of our government and elected representatives?