Steve Bannon’s “War Room” is Mobilizing
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🗓️ 15 September 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Listeners of Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast have mobilized to take over the GOP from the ground up. Convinced the 2020 election was stolen, many far-right Republicans are moving to run elections themselves as precinct officers.
Guest: Isaac Arnsdorf, national politics reporter for ProPublica.
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| 0:00.0 | Back when Steve Bannon worked in the White House, he had this whiteboard in his office. |
| 0:09.2 | It contained an exhaustive list of the things he hoped President Trump would accomplish, everything |
| 0:15.2 | from repealing Obamacare to canceling federal funding for sanctuary cities. |
| 0:20.4 | If you listen to Steve Bannon now, though, |
| 0:22.8 | you get the sense he's still got a list like this, |
| 0:25.6 | just waiting to be checked off. |
| 0:28.1 | Bannon calls his podcast the War Room, |
| 0:31.0 | as if he was still hunkered down at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| 0:35.3 | But that's not the most important thing to know about a show. |
| 0:39.1 | The important thing to know about Steve Bannon's podcast is it is one of the most popular, |
| 0:45.1 | consistently, one of the most popular shows on Apple's platform. It has tens of millions of downloads. |
| 0:55.3 | Isaac Arnsdorf reports for ProPublica |
| 0:57.4 | has been keeping tabs on the war room these days. |
| 1:01.0 | You know, this podcast has really become a watering hole for far-right figures. |
| 1:09.9 | Like who's showing up on this show? |
| 1:11.8 | Well, Congressman Matt Gates, Senator Josh Hawley |
| 1:16.1 | are some of the names you might recognize. |
| 1:18.4 | Mike Lindell, the My Pillo guy. |
| 1:20.9 | These guests are loyal to President Trump. |
| 1:24.3 | Many think the 2020 election was stolen, |
| 1:31.3 | which is why Steve Bannon's got this new bucket list. |
| 1:35.8 | And right at the top is a whole new idea about what to do next. |
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