Jason Miller, a Trump adviser who co-hosted with Bannon in the show's early days, compared his sway to the late Rush Limbaugh, who helped grow the conservative movement in the 1990s. Trump pushed Bannon out of his chief White House strategist post in 2017 and later dubbed him " Sloppy Steve" but pardoned him from wire fraud and money laundering charges in the final hours of his presidency. The show, which debuted ahead of the first of Trump's two impeachments and refocused last year during the coronavirus outbreak, speaks to Bannon's sustained influence among the Trump faithful - though the relationship between him and the former president has not been without its stumbles. And Bannon has taken a particular interest in Pennsylvania and Ohio, two states where next year's primaries for governor and Senate are shaping up as big Trump loyalty tests. Eric Greitens, the former Missouri governor who resigned over a sexual misconduct allegation and is now running for Senate, is a frequent guest. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., as chair of the House Republican Conference. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., dropped by this month as she worked to unseat Trump critic Rep. "I think politicians see that need to reach that audience." "And we pride ourselves on that," he said, making no secret that he views the last election similarly. Bannon said he's jokingly told some, "We're with the dead-enders now," a reference to those who believe what Democrats and some Republicans term "the big lie" - that the election was stolen. The podcast is a home for the most ardent Trump backers. Bannon encourages skepticism about vaccines one minute and peddles zinc and Vitamin D pills the next. On this show, Joe Biden is not the real president, and the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a Wuhan, China, lab has been a hot topic for more than a year. It’s routinely among the most popular podcasts on Apple’s platform and streams live twice each weekday and once every Saturday through the Real America’s Voice network. With Fox News appearing to lose favor among some of Trump’s most diehard fans, "War Room" appears to be gaining steam as a safe space for the far right. Ambitious Republicans are flocking there for the chance to demonstrate loyalty to Bannon's former boss and pitch themselves to Trump’s voters - and, more indirectly, to Trump himself. Bannon has a new MAGA megaphone, and Republicans eager to shine in a party still tethered to former President Donald Trump know it.īannon, the former Breitbart News executive and one of the architects of Trump's Make America Great Again movement, has increasingly leveraged his "War Room: Pandemic" podcast into a kind of proxy primary.
January 29th: It was the Lincoln Project’s fault.
Watch Bannon and Giuliani’s exchange below: On Twitter, the Republican group posted the video of the two men’s chat, then wrote, “If I was Rudy Giuliani I would simply stop.” Giuliani kept going, ultimately saying he couldn’t reveal the identity of the supposed Lincoln Project agitator due to “anonymous sources.” “O.K., but who is it? Rudy, we can’t say - yo. Pressed by Bannon, Giuliani said, “One of the people who organized this is well known for having worked with the Lincoln Project in the past - ” At least five deaths have been tied to the event and two responding officers died by suicide in the following days. The Department of Justice has said they were not, but Giuliani referenced “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” To be clear, Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol. The Lincoln Project is a group of prominent Republicans who fundraise and speak out against Trump and those in his orbit, like Giuliani and Bannon.ĭuring the “War Room” chat Friday, Giuliani repeated the unproven conspiracy theory that anti-fascists, known loosely as “antifa,” were somehow involved in the riot, too. He was arrested last August and charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of dollars from a right-wing fundraising scheme. Bannon was formerly a chief strategist for Trump and the head of Breitbart. Trump enlisted Giuliani to help him make the claims, resulting in dozens of lawsuits from the Trump legal team being tossed out of courts at various levels. 2020 re-election was somehow stolen from him. To review, Giuliani is a lawyer for former president Donald Trump, who baselessly insisted that a Nov. “You’ve gotta be kidding me,” said Bannon as Giuliani tried to connect the group to the insurrection while refusing to name names during an appearance on Bannon’s “War Room.” Steve Bannon laughed out loud at radio show guest Rudy Giuliani Friday after former New York City mayor insisted that someone with ties to the Lincoln Project was partially responsible for the deadly Capitol riot on Jan.
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