Steve Bannon criticized Mike Pence in a harsh string of insults on Wednesday.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Steve Bannon skewered former Vice President Mike Pence for calling for attacks on the FBI to stop. Bannon, an ex-White House chief strategist, called Pence a "disgusting coward" for the remarks. Bannon's insults show how far Trumpworld is willing to go in attacking its former close allies. Trump ally and adviser Steve Bannon eviscerated former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday for rebuking GOP politicians who called for the FBI to be defunded, in another example of the widening gap between Trumpworld and Republican lawmakers who decline to take part in its rhetoric."Pence, you are a disgusting coward.