Steve Bannon Urges MAGA Audience to Rally Against Sens. Thune and Cornyn in GOP Leadership Fight:'Light These People Up'

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Source: MEDIAite

Nov 11th, 2024, 12:48 pm


Former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon has been rallying the MAGA base in recent days to pressure Republican U.S. Senators to vote for Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to replace outgoing GOP leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Bannon, who was recently released from prison, interviewed fellow podcast host and MAGA figure Benny Johnson on Monday’s War Room episode. Bannon praised Johnson for publishing a vote count of Senate Republicans over the weekend, which showed that Scott was losing to his rivals Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and John Cornyn (R-TX).

“To be blunt, you’ve changed the arc of history in this town by what you reported yesterday, because it was at that moment I said, okay, game on. Game on. Let’s roll. He’s got the goods. Tell us about it. Tell the audience what you found, what this list is. Why is this so explosive, sir?” Bannon asked Johnson – the onetime Buzzfeed staffer fired in 2012 for widespread plagiarism.

Johnson replied with a lengthy attack on Thune over his past statements on January 6th and tepid support for Trump during the GOP primary.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/steve-bannon-urges-maga-audience-to-rally-against-sens-thune-and-cornyn-in-gop-leadership-fight-light-these-people-up/

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Here come the flying monkeys again

[groundloop]

2. Rick Scott is such a fine and upstanding human being.

[bdamomma]

8. ..................

[louis-t]

3. I can't wait until he's back in prison.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Bannon should be in prison again. Doesn't he have a new court date like now?? Stealing Build the Wall funds??

Traitor, seditionist, plotter and grifter. Heinous. Wish him a special place in hell.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "Doesn't he have a new court date like now??"

Yes. December 9th!

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/steve-bannons-border-wall-fraud-trial-set-december-rcna163558

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Thank you. I was hoping it was even more immediate... Hope he has a bountiful Thanksgiving

[DonCoquixote]

7. predictable

the love scott because he wants to destroy Social security

[Farmer-Rick]

9. Do MAGAts listen to Bannon?

They don't seem too inclined to like him.....

[BumRushDaShow]

10. He has a core far-right group

like Alex Jones, and they are agitating fiercely. He represents the MTG and Matt Gaetz wing and helped stoke the ouster of McCarthy -

After helping push out Kevin McCarthy, Steve Bannon is now trying the same playbook with Speaker Mike Johnson

[Sneederbunk]

11. Bannon is a genuine enemy within.