(AP Photo/Steve Helber) Steve Helber/APĭOJ officials unfazed by calls to expedite Bannon contempt decision Conservative radio host John Fredericks, a former Trump campaign chairman in Virginia, organized the 'Take Back Virginia Rally' in which former President Donald Trump called in. Whether you’re following his subpoena drama or his twice-daily broadcast, one thing is for sure: The once-ousted White House whisperer is reascending a ladder to MAGA royalty.Political strategist Steve Bannon gestures during a speech during an election rally in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 6 riots, for which he was held in contempt last fall and soon after indicted. He ignored a congressional subpoena as part of Congress’s investigation into the Jan. Bannon has over 800,000 followers and broadcasts War Room from there, Real America’s Voice, and right-wing YouTube competitor Rumble.īannon, who was pardoned by Trump in a fraud case in 2021, is still in legal trouble stemming from his work for the former president. And when it’s time for a commercial break, viewers and listeners are almost always greeted with MyPillow ads featuring Mike Lindell, a 'pillowpreneur' and election denialist who also appears frequently on the show as a guest.īannon has been widely deplatformed on social media but found a home on Gettr, a fledgling right-wing alternative to Twitter created by Jason Miller, another Trump ally. With pen in hand, Bannon introduces one guest after another (some of them conspiratorial), all of them ready to parrot the latest MAGA talking point. When he’s not taking the show on the road, the former Breitbart News executive sits at the helm of a large rectangular table in DC at least three hours a day, flanked by studio lighting and a producer or two. Bannon's revived celebrity after an ugly 2017 fallout with Trump has ensnared a cult following of far-right loyalists among whom critical race theory and vaccine mandates are demonized and the unfounded claims of election fraud are touted.

His original War Room show launched in fall 2019 to defend Trump from the ongoing impeachment proceedings. War Room will host the Star News Networks’ reporters daily, and the two outlets will work in concert to curate the editorial agenda.īannon has already built a stronghold in the right-wing radio market. “Now we're basically giving them air cover with both radio streaming and web news services to back it up and, quite frankly, make these people stars.”īannon is also partnering with Star News Network, a conservative Tennessee-based digital outlet with a focus on hyper-local news currently operating in 11 cities, including those in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Arizona. “We know the hyper-local strategies resonate with people because they're volunteering like crazy,” Bannon told BuzzFeed News. But the show also plans to give airtime to people running for county supervisor, county judges, and election officials, as well as school boards and Republican Party committees. Listeners can expect appearances from MAGA candidates from all over the country, with an emphasis on Republican primaries and races for governor and secretary of state. “The Republican establishment is just totally fearful of the populist Trump movement now taking over institutions,” he said. It’s the hyper-local version of the War Room.”īannon said he won’t personally make endorsements but wants to widen the exposure of MAGA candidates through radio, streaming, and digital mediums. “It's a definite platform for MAGA and for America First. “We think there's an opportunity to literally destroy the Democratic Party as it currently exists in the November elections this year,” Bannon told BuzzFeed News in a phone interview. The show will broadcast in radio markets in states with some of the most contested races this year, including Pennsylvania and Georgia, with an emphasis on hyper-local races. weekdays, will give maximum exposure to Trump-aligned candidates. The one-hour show, airing from 6 to 7 p.m.

The special edition show, titled War Room: Battleground, debuts on the John Fredericks Radio Network on March 7. Longtime Donald Trump ally and promoter Steve Bannon is turning his influential radio show into a platform for MAGA midterm candidates with an expansion that will allow him to grow as a right-wing gatekeeper.

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