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Steve Bannon and Elon Musk have been feuding over immigration, and over the weekend,

Bannon's rage at Musk went absolutely nuclear.

Bannon vowed that he will run Musk out of the MagGA movement by inauguration day, suggesting this battle will continue once Donald Trump is in office. This fight is about more

than just these two men. It exposes some major schisms within the MAGA movement. But one thing we've

noticed is that Democrats don't seem to be doing anything to try to exploit

these divisions. Why not? Today we're talking about this with Mona Charon of the bulwark,

who has a new piece arguing that the Democratic Party is already failing to function as a serious

loyal opposition to Trump, something that includes going soft on Musk himself.

Mona also has a new podcast coming out called The Mona Charon Show. Hey, thanks for coming on. Great, good to be with you. So Steve Bannon gave

this interview to an Italian newspaper in which he said, quote, I will have Elon Musk run out of here

by inauguration day. He will not have a

pass to the White House. He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy. Bannon even says it's his personal

vendetta to take this guy down. Before we get into the guts of this dispute, what do you think of this,

Mona? So it's interesting because I published a piece that you were kind enough to mention last week,

where I was asking, where are the Democrats who are calling upon Trump and others in the Republican

party to denounce Musk for his, you know, open promotion of basically

reactionary movements in Europe, even fascist movements, and other crimes and misdemeanors.

And they've been oddly quiescent.

And then, of all people, Steve Bannon comes out, and he's, you know, going out at Hammer and Tongues.

He's accusing him of also racism, which I didn't see coming.

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