“The politics of the present is attack, attack, attack,” he said. A federal jury convicted Bannon last month of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Bannon claimed he did not have to comply with the subpoena, citing executive privilege, a claim disputed by former President Donald Trump’s lawyer. He could face jail time and fines at his sentencing, which is scheduled for Oct. 21.
However, Bannon was focused on November rather than October. “We have to deliver,” Bannon said of the November elections. “There can be no half-measures anymore.”
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Bannon called Biden an “illegitimate” president and repeated Trump's unfounded election fraud claims.
Bannon singled out MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and Kari Lake, a former news anchor who recently won the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Arizona. Both have embraced Trump’s unfounded claims of a stolen election.
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“The easiest victories we've had are behind us,” Bannon said. “The easiest things we've done are behind us. They are going to come after you like they came after Kari Lake and they came after Mike Lindell if you are at the forefront of this movement.”
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Bannon claimed Republicans should use the investigative powers of Congress to achieve their ends, which he said would include investigating “the southern border” and Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House.
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“We have to fight fire with fire because, trust me, they're playing to win, and we're not right now,” Bannon said. “We have to play to win. The country's in the balance.”
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, called Bannon’s comments one of the “most amazing” CPAC speeches he has heard.
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Bannon said Trump told him, “That jail thing is making you a star.”
Bannon demanded the end of the Federal Reserve in a rabble-rousing speech to conservatives on Friday night, saying fat cat bankers had taken too much power.
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Instead he demanded that control of the bank be handed back to the American people and slammed the way it had freely been printing money through the pandemic.
"We don't need to audit the Fed," he said.
"We need to end the Federal Reserve."
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"The Federal Reserve has usurped its power and the power of the American people and our elected representatives."
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He laid down a fiery call to arms at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas.
Former President Donald Trump will headline the event on Saturday, its final day.
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