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CousinIT

(9,225 posts)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:51 AM Oct 2021

Bannon details Taliban-style takeover of US Gov't in 2022 and 2024

JUST LIKE THE TALIBAN TOOK OVER AFGHANISTAN: " If you’re going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately." -Steve Bannon

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bannon-fires-shock-troops-next-gop-white-house-n1280591

By Jonathan Allen
WASHINGTON — Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.

"If you’re going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately," Bannon said in a telephone interview with NBC News. "I gave 'em fire and brimstone."

Bannon, who ran former President Donald Trump's first campaign and later worked as a top adviser in the White House, said that Trump's agenda was delayed by the challenges of quickly filling roughly 4,000 slots for presidential appointees at federal agencies and the steep learning curve for political officials who were new to Washington.

He is not alone in that view. His appearance at the Capitol Hill Club came at the invitation of a new organization called the Association of Republican Presidential Appointees, which was formed to create a resource for future GOP officials tapped to fill federal jobs.

Trump often railed publicly about career civil servants and Obama administration political appointee holdovers whom he saw as obstacles to his agenda, referring to them collectively as the "deep state."

Bannon said he wants to see pre-trained teams ready to jump into federal agencies when the next Republican president takes office. For the most part, that means the tiers of presidential appointees whose postings don't require Senate confirmation.

"We’re going to have a sweeping victory in 2022 and that’s just the preamble to a sweeping victory in 2024, and this time we’re going to be ready — and have a MAGA perspective, MAGA policies, not the standard Republican policies," he said, referring to Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan and describing a 2024 electoral victory as a "second term."
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Bannon details Taliban-style takeover of US Gov't in 2022 and 2024 (Original Post) CousinIT Oct 2021 OP
Robert Costa, author of the bombshell book 'Peril,' says Trump will run in 2024 for 'vengeance' CousinIT Oct 2021 #1
Were assuming MFM008 Oct 2021 #30
Why are you calling this a "Taliban Style" takeover? brooklynite Oct 2021 #2
Because it will happen similarly and as quickly as the Taliban took over Afghanistan recently. n/t CousinIT Oct 2021 #9
No, it'll happen quickly if it happens quickly... brooklynite Oct 2021 #13
Given voter suppression, gerrymandering and now the likely STEALING of any elections going forward CousinIT Oct 2021 #14
The Rambo armies will be ready to shoot their guns then. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2021 #15
And the police will shoot back with considerably more firepower. brooklynite Oct 2021 #18
Are you sure about that? Aristus Oct 2021 #21
I think covid and the vaccine mandates are thinning Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #22
Yeah, i fully expect Police to shoot, temporary311 Oct 2021 #26
This is either an ugly or ignorant. Moment; I'm not sure which. brooklynite Oct 2021 #28
Are you assuming that liberals are all unarmed and unwilling to fight back? joetheman Oct 2021 #24
I can't wait for that hateful ball of dough to croak. nt Carlitos Brigante Oct 2021 #3
Which one? Bettie Oct 2021 #19
Ok. So the things he is saying ate shocking BUT CrackityJones75 Oct 2021 #4
He is saying it to get the idea out into the public discourse. Sibelius Fan Oct 2021 #8
shock troops? how democratic sounding. spanone Oct 2021 #5
Bannon's an evil motherfucker who hates this country. Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2021 #6
Yes and he's finally showing his true craziness FakeNoose Oct 2021 #10
I think Michael Caine's Alfred in The Dark Knight said it best: Hong Kong Cavalier Oct 2021 #12
Yep, so true FakeNoose Oct 2021 #20
Why is Bannon not in prison? Oh, that's right, TFG pardoned him. Sibelius Fan Oct 2021 #7
Go home Bannon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 #11
Steve Bannon will see a jail cell again soon. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2021 #16
This is where the right wing takeover slightlv Oct 2021 #17
Bannon doesnt want it destroyed for the sake of destruction. Volaris Oct 2021 #29
I certainly hope the fbi is all over this mofo. lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #23
How this drunken loser ever got near belpejic Oct 2021 #25
Steve Talibannon says what? moondust Oct 2021 #27
So this army of 'shock troops' canetoad Oct 2021 #31

MFM008

(19,803 posts)
30. Were assuming
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 04:24 PM
Oct 2021

Hes not as deranged as his father was with dementia
Or some other health issue.
I assure you they are there.
First of all if he's taking a Statin he has more than a cholesterol issue he most likely has CAD of some degree which is coronary artery disease.
There's a lot of things he is hiding I read something just a couple of days ago that said he's had the kind of diet a fast food and garbage all of his life.
Tic. Tic. Tic. Tic.

brooklynite

(94,384 posts)
2. Why are you calling this a "Taliban Style" takeover?
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:55 AM
Oct 2021

This is a political strategy; the Taliban took power at the point of a gun.

brooklynite

(94,384 posts)
13. No, it'll happen quickly if it happens quickly...
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:25 PM
Oct 2021

The concept seems built on the assumption that Republicans can win all offices at all levels. I find that implausible. Read WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS to understand how the GOP took control slowly, level by level while Democrats didn’t respond.

CousinIT

(9,225 posts)
14. Given voter suppression, gerrymandering and now the likely STEALING of any elections going forward
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:28 PM
Oct 2021

by GOP, I don't find it implausible AT ALL.

They wanted access to those voting machines and voter roles for a reason. They'll figure out how to manipulate them and their operatives will be in every legislature in most states to claim any Dem win is 'fraud' and install their own losing candidates (which they can now do under the new voter suppression laws they're passing which will likely still stand in 2022 and beyond).

Sorry, I stand by my wording.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,730 posts)
15. The Rambo armies will be ready to shoot their guns then.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:35 PM
Oct 2021

This scenario will not end well. What Steve Bannon wants and is calling for is a Civil War Part II.

Phoenix61

(16,994 posts)
22. I think covid and the vaccine mandates are thinning
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 02:09 PM
Oct 2021

LE of those individuals. An unintended consequence but one I am quite pleased with.

brooklynite

(94,384 posts)
28. This is either an ugly or ignorant. Moment; I'm not sure which.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 03:44 PM
Oct 2021

A handful of the Close to 700,000 law enforcement officers showed up on Jan 6, but you think they’ll turn against their chain or command. Lovely.

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
4. Ok. So the things he is saying ate shocking BUT
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:00 PM
Oct 2021

Ok. So the things he is saying ate shocking BUT I have to stop and ask WHY is he saying these things in an interview with a major news source?

If they wanted to actually do these things WOULD they say it out loud? Or is he saying it to gauge interest? Or is there another reason?

WHAT is the purpose of him sharing this idea? Is it simply to just garner attention or is there a reason for it? Is it a look over here while we quietly do this over there?

Sibelius Fan

(24,393 posts)
8. He is saying it to get the idea out into the public discourse.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:07 PM
Oct 2021

Every future reiteration of the idea becomes less and less extreme because “people are talking about it.”

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,572 posts)
6. Bannon's an evil motherfucker who hates this country.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:03 PM
Oct 2021

And I hope to read his obit soon. Preferably from an overdose of some sort. Or getting his head stuck up Tangeranus' ass and suffocating.

FakeNoose

(32,599 posts)
10. Yes and he's finally showing his true craziness
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:09 PM
Oct 2021

He's been this way all along, but the media bent over backwards trying to make him look like a good guy. He was NEVER a good guy, he was like this since long before Chump.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,730 posts)
16. Steve Bannon will see a jail cell again soon.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:39 PM
Oct 2021

The January 6th committee is not playing around. Trump's pardon of him does not cover this recent subpoena of possible crimes against the Government.

Suck on that. Stevie.

slightlv

(2,770 posts)
17. This is where the right wing takeover
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 12:42 PM
Oct 2021

all over the world these past few years has come from. Bannon... he's orchestrated it all... along with his allies. He's planning it for Brazil next. He's planning it then for the U.S. He's Cheney (Dick) on steroids. He's Trump's evil teaching it to be Evil. He's Crowley without the Winchesters.

It's one thing to have Trump back in office. This is bad enough. This is Trump and Dominionism evil... theology evil. christianism sharia law. But Bannon? He's demon hell. He's Nazism beyond cruelty. He's chaos beyond reason whatsoever. He's "burn it all down" just for the laugh factor. He's Ivan the terrible and the Salem Witch Trials and Vlad the Impaler.. just for the fun of it. You though Trump was bad? Trump never had an original thought; that all came from Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon.

God help us if those two ever get back into government. There'll be nowhere safe to run. And no way out of the country by then, either. Covid will be the easy way out, YMMV.

Volaris

(10,269 posts)
29. Bannon doesnt want it destroyed for the sake of destruction.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 04:15 PM
Oct 2021

He wants it (the administrative state) destroyed, BECAUSE THAT MAKES THE REST OF IT EASIER TO ROB.

His 'I'm a leninist' shtick is just a means to an end. Hes not a leninist. Hes a drunk Danny Ocean lol.

He wants the state easier to steal from, and harder for it to exact justice in return. That's it. Oh, and since were here, let's discuss his ridiculous statement that the only reason we couldnt wreck shop last time, is cause nobody had any expierence with how Shops work...well, now THAT is one hell of a profound insight, isnt it?! I mean, fuckin' Ghandi eat your heart out with THAT nugget of wisdom from the Glorious Whiskey Necromancer....

He isnt wise, or politically astute, or anything else respectable. Hes a worthless vandal, and that's it.

belpejic

(720 posts)
25. How this drunken loser ever got near
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 02:25 PM
Oct 2021

The reins of power will always be a mystery to me. Some people have all the luck. Seriously. He should be dead or living on the streets, and probably would be if the the coin had landed tails instead of heads.

canetoad

(17,137 posts)
31. So this army of 'shock troops'
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 04:32 PM
Oct 2021

And pre-trained teams. Do they just materialize and run amok?

Do they not get trained, transported, fed, paid, provisioned.... And if they do, who does it? Administrators.
Shut up Steve.

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