‘Make me a martyr’: Bannon’s MAGA allies vow to keep podcast afloat while he’s locked up

This Monday, July 1, “War Room” host and former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is scheduled to report to a federal prison in Connecticut to serve a four-month sentence. Bannon hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would delay his incarceration while he appealed his contempt of Congress conviction, but the justices denied his request.

Bannon, 70, won’t be able to host “War Room” while he’s incarcerated, but according to the Daily Beast’s Kate Briquelet, his allies will keep the MAGA podcast going for the next four months.

Bannon told The Daily Beast in an interview on Sunday, June 30, “We’ll have the morning war room to start the day on Monday, just like everywhere else, but I’ll do it outside of the prison. Then when I’m done, I’ll drop the mic and go turn myself in.”

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The far-right host of “War Room” believes serving a four-month federal prison sentence will help his podcast, not hurt it.

“It’s very simple: I’m a political prisoner, because I have a very successful platform that reaches the common man,” Bannon told the Beast. “They hate it, they’ll do anything to stop it.”

Bannon continued: “It doesn’t matter that I’m in prison. The show will be bigger… They are making me a martyr. Steve Bannon is not. They are the ones who are doing too much. »

According to Briquelet, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican of Georgia), Rep. Matt Gaetz (Republican of Florida) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (Republican of Colorado) are among the MAGA Republicans that Bannon and his allies are considering as co-hosts or hosts. guests for “War Room” while he is incarcerated.

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Briquelet reports: “(Bannon) said the replacements also include conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, former Trump administration official Kash Patel, far-right lawyer Mike Davis, Senate candidate Royce White , former Fox News commentator Monica Crowley and Noor bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s niece who once appeared on Bannon’s show The who’s who of Bannon World will also include Peter Navarro, another imprisoned Trump adviser. for defying a House committee subpoena on January 6, which is expected to occur once he is released on July 17.

Briquelet notes that a 2023 study cited the “War Room” as a major source of disinformation and a promoter of election denialism.

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