Are Steve Bannon and MTG On the Outs?

An odd rift in the MAGA media space.

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In the wooly world of right-wing infotainment, you’d be hard-pressed to find two more natural fellow-travelers than Steve Bannon, the Breitbart editor turned Trump administration adviser turned populist podcast oracle, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The firebrand freshman lawmaker has long been a regular guest on Bannon’s popular podcast War Room; she made seven appearances on the program in the first two months of 2022. 

When Bannon was arrested last November and charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before the House Committee investigating the January 6 riot, Greene rallied to his defense on Newsmax: “I am Team Bannon all the way, and I’m just so proud of Steve for handling what happened to him today.”

In a February 18 appearance, Greene had a special announcement to make with Bannon: She would be hosting a “massive rally” in Georgia on March 5, and Bannon would be taping his show live from there. “Steve, I’m so happy you’re coming—people around here are so excited,” Greene said. “They love you, they watch War Room, and I’m just honored that you’re gonna be able to make it.”

“We’re taking the show on the road this year,” Bannon replied, “and there’s no better place to kick off than the railhead of the populist nationalist movement, the firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, this incredible rally.”

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    Ben Connelly

    I have an alternative hypothesis: Brannon was a no show at MTG’s rally because he was on meth. She got mad and told him to lay off the drugs. Now they’re not speaking to each other.

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    Lipo Davis

    You really get the sense the American Left is up shit creek without a paddle. Things are so bad, they're down to divining a possible feud between Trump supporters.

    Riveting stuff.

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    Lipo Davis

    I come here for right wing entertainment. To mock the left and its electoral prospects.

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    I Am the Eggman

    So who's this Jennifer Strahan? Is she less vile than MTG?

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  5. Brook

    As always, well written and informative. I knew none of this. It drives me crazy that people like Bannon and Greene call themselves “conservative;” even crazier that much of the media lumps these flaming (I am keeping it clean) idiots with genuine conservatives; and even “more crazier” that the GOP has allowed itself to be captured by Trump, Bannon and their like. Pat Riot, whose views I respect and enjoy reading although I usually disagree with them, hit the nail on the head in his above description of the Republican Party. What a sad state of affairs.

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      rlritt

      I know! There is nothing conservative about them.

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    Bill Nelson

    Is there anyone who really cares about Bannon or Greene? There are always going to be crazy people and grifters around politics now that it is a media event.

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      JohnF

      The problem is that there seems to be an ongoing competition for "worst human being in the role of a public figure" and there's no end in sight. Steve King would now fit comfortably in today's GOP.

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    2. James D

      When we have multiple open white nationalists in the US Congress without the leader of their delegation doing a blessed thing about it, you certainly ought to be concerned.

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      Pat Riot

      I think a grifter that has been specifically pardoned by the President of the United States is... new...

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        Greenknight

        I still think it's hysterical that he was pardoned for scamming Trump's own supporters.

        And those supporters STILL don't realize that they are being scammed.

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        1. GregS

          They realize, they don't care.

          The central lesson of Trump is - Republican voters will happily elect the worst person imaginable as long as Democrats are more unhappy with the choice than they are.

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          Pat Riot

          And Republicans still say Biden's argument with the drunk driver who killed his wife and child 50 years ago means he's he same as Trump.

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            The_Mat_Man

            Can't let that one slip by unanswered.

            No evidence the guy had been drinking, and that's from the officer who investigated the crash.

            https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/local/daughter-of-man-in-72-biden-crash-seeks-apology-from-widowed-senator/article_6c9a477e-63be-561b-b771-1330b4cda02d.html

            https://www.cbsnews.com/news/driver-in-biden-crash-wanted-name-cleared/

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            rlritt

            How is that the same?

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        Bill Nelson

        Grifting is a time honored part of the democratic political process. What do you think all of the party activists in DC are? Look no further than the Clinton Foundation.

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        1. Gerald Cuesta

          Clinton’s have many issues. But Their foundation is legit. Unlike the former loser guy and his grifts. But keep trying to what about.

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          Pat Riot

          The Clinton Foundation is an audited, top-rated charity whose books are completely transparent:

          https://www.charitywatch.org/charities/clinton-foundation

          Steven Bannon blatantly ripped off Republican donors in a phony build-a-wall scam.

          Nice try at some whatabouting there...

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            rlritt

            If you say Clinton Foundation many Republicans just assume it must be crooked because Trump, the most crooked Pol ever, called her Crooked Hillary. They don't realize or are too lazy to do the research.

            This is funny since they say they don't like or respect Trump.

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    Pat Riot

    Steven Bannon turned on Trump during the Mueller investigation calling the central allegations, "as plain as a hair on your face".

    A few years later Bannon was indicted for ripping off small-dollar Republican donors in a "build the wall" scam.

    Then Trump pardoned him (because there's nothing wrong with scamming Republicans for money in Trump's book).

    That Steven Bannon is (still) a key pillar of the Republican ecosystem these days should tell you something: the GOP isn't even the party of Nixon let alone the party of Reagan anymore.


    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-russia-steve-bannon-michael-wolff

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      Mike from Jersey

      A 4 year old article...surely you can't be serious.

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        Pat Riot

        That Bannon turned on Trump and then came back into his graces a few years later was exactly the point I was trying to make... (?)

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  8. Pzimm7778

    “An odd rift in the MAGA media space.” You left out the word laser at the end.

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      Jon McKinney

      Paul, it's a *Jewish* space laser, not a MAGA space laser.

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    Andrew

    I struggle to keep track of the ever devolving relations of America’s most toxic right wingers and this cleared that up.

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  10. DocHeartless

    Great article, and please, oh please, may God smile on Ms. Strahan.

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      Kev_WDE

      The district looks a lot more favorable. Three-toes picked up a good chunk of Cobb County…where people can read and write, for instance.

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