"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. “We pride ourselves on being the most populist, most economic nationalist wing of this movement,” Bannon said. They’re often reaching out to him, Bannon said, aware if they want to reach the Trump base, it’s a must-visit. Nevertheless, Bannon has had little trouble booking guests, from MAGA celebrities such as the MyPillow creator to veteran lawmakers and candidates.
YouTube has banned Bannon’s podcast channel, citing concerns about the spread of false claims about election fraud. "There will not be a Republican that wins a primary for 2022 - not one - that doesn't take the pledge to get to the bottom of Nov. In an interview with NBC News, Bannon said candidates who appear will be pushed first and foremost on what he called "a litmus test" for the GOP: challenging the outcome of the 2020 election. 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. Steve 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.
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