Steve Bannon: Trump Is Using ICE as a "Test Run" for Voter Suppression
Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Democracy Docket
4.9 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Steve Bannon just admitted it: Trump's ICE airport deployments are a test run — and the target is YOUR vote.
From Fulton County to Minneapolis, Marc Elias breaks down Trump's test runs ahead of the 2026 midterms, and explains what we can do to prepare.
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00:00 Steve Bannon Reveals Secret Plan
01:13 Who is Steve Bannon?
02:03 The ICE "Test Case": From Airports to Polling Places
02:51 Logistical Suppression: Creating Manufactured Long Lines
04:13 Case Study: Disparate Wait Times and Georgia's Voting Barriers
07:40 The Threat of ICE Agents Checking Voter IDs
10:23 The Mission of Democracy Docket in Defending Rights
12:31 Neighborhood Disruptions and the Non-Citizen Voting Myth
16:04 Learning from the Past: Ballot Seizures and Office Raids
19:59 Expanding Tactics: Recent Ballot Seizures in California
22:17 Trump’s "Optionality": Multiple Paths for Subversion
29:56 Looking Ahead: Responding to Suppression and Calls to Action
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| 1:00.1 | Donald Trump has started deploying ice at our nation's airports. |
| 1:03.7 | But the question is why? |
| 1:04.9 | Congressional Democrats and Republicans, well, they've offered a deal to put TSA back to work. |
| 1:09.7 | But Donald Trump said no. Well, Steve Bannon's told us why. It's because Donald Trump wants the ICE agents train now so that they're ready to suppress the vote come next November. That's right, it's a dry run for what we have in store. But it's not the only way that Republicans are planning to suppress and subvert the elections this fall. They've got a whole menu of things and they're trying them out one by one. In this episode, |
| 1:31.7 | we're going to cover what the Republicans are up to with ice and seizing ballots and a lot more. |
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