People For Member,
On January 5, Steve Bannon – the architect of Trump’s political movement – told his podcast audience, “All hell will break loose tomorrow.”
Bannon continued: “So many people said, ‘Man, if I was in a revolution I would be in Washington.’ Well, this is your time in history.”[1]
The next day, pro-Trump, far-right extremists attacked the U.S. Capitol building and tried to stop, on behalf of Donald Trump, the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
Bannon seemed to know that something was going to happen. The question, now, is how much he knew – and how deeply he was involved in both the incitement and execution of that attack.
What Bannon said on his podcast was just the tip of the iceberg. Brand new reporting by Right Wing Watch’s Adele M. Stan published in The New Republic details how Bannon’s activities in the weeks leading up to January 6 dovetailed with those of the organizers of the insurrection, and how Bannon’s rhetoric and actions indicate that he could have played a key role in instigating the attack.
Among those playing organizing roles were Bannon associates Jack Posobiec, Raheem Kassam and Ali Alexander, a key “Stop the Steal” organizer, and Bannon solicited donations to the bail fund for Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys who was arrested upon his arrival in D.C. for weapons possession and burning a Black Lives Matter flag. Additionally, Trump’s rhetoric during the January 6 rally on the Ellipse, which jump-started the attack on the Capitol, directly parroted the false claims Bannon had been peddling for weeks on his podcast.
It’s clear that Steve Bannon played a role in the events leading up to the insurrection and we deserve to know the full truth about who was involved!
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Even Trump seemed to know Bannon had been involved in potentially illegal activity, since after multiple phone calls between the two, Bannon received a pardon from Trump just days before he departed office.[2]
As the Department of Justice continues to probe those who were involved in the violent insurrection, they must look into Bannon’s activities in the weeks leading up to the insurrection. If he was involved in inciting the attack in any way, he should face consequences for his actions.
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In unity,
Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate
[1] “Insurrectionist in Chief: How Steve Bannon led the vanguard of the Capitol riots.” (The New Republic, 03/10/2021.)
[2] “Will Bannon’s Pardon Help Donald Trump? (Trump Sure Hopes So.)” (Right Wing Watch, 01/21/2021.)
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