Posted on 10/09/2017 8:45:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Stephen Bannon is looking to challenge every sitting GOP lawmaker except Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), saying "no one is safe" as he looks to challenge the Republican establishment in the 2018 midterms and beyond.
"There's a coalition coming together that is going to challenge every Republican incumbent except for Ted Cruz," Bannon told host Sean Hannity on Fox News' "Hannity" on Monday night.
The former White House chief strategist said he plans recruit candidates who can run against the lawmakers who have not faithfully fought to enact Trump's agenda.
"There's a basic agenda that Trump ran on and won. He carried states Republicans haven't carried in living memory — Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. This agenda works. The American people voted for it," he said in part.
"By the way, [Mitch] McConnell would not be majority leader unless Trump — in North Carolina and Missouri and Wisconsin — was able to carry those senators across the finish line. It's incumbent upon them to back President Trump's plan, but you don't see it," Bannon continued.
His comments come around two weeks after an anti-establishment candidate he backed, Roy Moore, defeated incumbent Mississippi Sen. Luther Strange in a GOP primary for the special election to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
McConnell and his allies spent heavily in their attempts to defeat Moore, who made opposition to the Senate leader a key part of his campaign.
Bannon, who returned to his role leading Breitbart News after his stint in the White House, said his team is "spending a ton of time with the grassroots organizations to make sure these candidates are fully vetted," saying they will be candidates with experience who are ready to take office unlike 2010 when the Tea Party movement was first gaining momentum.
"They will take on incumbents in every state, and then they will take on the Democrats after that," he remarked.
Bannon said the "globalist clique on Capitol Hill" including McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) have to go, remarking that the establishment has "total contempt for the forgotten man and the base."
"What you saw Corker say today, is what they talk about on Capitol Hill. That's why I left the White House. Remember, I said I'm going after the Republican establishment, and we are going to go after them," Bannon said, referring to his departure from the White House in mid-August.
Although Bannon would not give the full list of names he plans to specifically target, saying that information will come out over the next several weeks, he mentioned GOP Sens. Orrin Hatch (Utah) and Roger Wicker (Miss.) are on his hit list.
Bannon signaled that this is a long-haul fight he is planning to take on, saying sweeping congressional changes can take 15 to 20 years.
Post of the month Edd!!! I can’t believe how many are STILL so easily fooled by the pure lyin’ fraud that is Ted Cruz. Throw in his CFR/Globalist/NWO screwball wife and that is one heck of a pair huh?
I know this will really disturb the CDS crows.
There are only 7 Republican Senators besides Ted Cruz up in 2018:
Bob Corker is retiring.
Flake AZ
Wicker MS
Fischer NE
Heller NV
Hatch UT
Barrasso WY
Jvanka, all in for saving DACA
https://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/10/09/ivanka-trump-save-daca/
Good for Bannon. Cruz pissed a lot of us off but it would be foolish to dump him - he realizes what he did wrong and is still hell-bent on a Conservative agenda.
I wouldn’t trust Cruz to drain a mudpuddle!
I wouldn’t trust Cruz to drain a mudpuddle!
Fischer is the only one I might look to keeping in that group.
She has been pretty good on illegal immigration in her career, which is our single most important issue, with her worst position being on the big trade deals.
The rest are embarrassments.
Fischer is the only one I might look to keeping in that group.
She has been pretty good on illegal immigration in her career, which is our single most important issue, with her worst position being on the big trade deals.
The rest are embarrassments.
"By the way, [Mitch] McConnell would not be majority leader unless Trump — in North Carolina and Missouri and Wisconsin — was able to carry those senators across the finish line. It's incumbent upon them to back President Trump's plan, but you don't see it," Bannon continued.
DAMN RIGHT. Steve Bannon, doing the work the GOPe just won't do. Take no prisoners, Steve!
We all live and learn.
Bannon on Breitbart radio this AM.
Senator Cruz has a couple of areas where he offended me deeply. However, President Reagan gave good advice:
The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally - not a 20 percent traitor.
- Ronald Reagan
Cruz is my 80% ally, and he is an ally in (most) of the important areas. Considering that Donald Trump already has a job and can’t fill all 100 US Senate seats, I’ll keep Ted Cruz over the overwhelming majority of alternatives.
Yeah, I saw that.
Ted talks a good game. When the voting comes along, he’s playing a different one.
Cruz frequently advises Trump on issues. He is highly regarded by Trump.
Heritage Action scores:
https://heritageactionscorecard.com/
Average Senate Rep 56
Average Senate Dem 8
Ted Cruz 94
Bob Corker TN 50
Flake AZ 67
Wicker MS 52
Fischer NE 64
Heller NV 55
Hatch UT 33
Barrasso WY 54
Probably could, though again illegal immigration is IMO the most important and she is at least good on that. Also, All those big farm states go for subsidies in such a way that they really aren’t all that conservative on some traditional counts.
If Bannon comes up with a strong candidate who can beat her and win, then that’s good. But the other six are more important wins.
Both Senators in SC need to go...
Cruz will never learn. He has no “character.”
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