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Bannon warns GOP establishment: ‘Your day of reckoning is coming’
The Hill ^ | 09/26/17 | Mallory Shelbourne

Posted on 09/26/2017 5:16:50 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon reportedly said during a Monday night rally in Alabama that the Republican establishment faces a "day of reckoning."

“For Mitch McConnell and Ward Baker and Karl Rove and Steven Law — all the instruments that tried to destroy Judge Moore and his family — your day of reckoning is coming,” Bannon told the crowd, according to Politico.

Bannon made the remarks at a rally for former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who on Tuesday faces off against Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) in the GOP Senate primary runoff.

Bannon was referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), former senior advisor to President George W. Bush Karl Rove, former National Republican Senatorial Committee executive director Ward Baker, and Senate Leadership Fund president Steven Law.

“But more important, for the donors who put up the [campaign] money and the corporatists that put up the money, your day of reckoning is coming, too.”

President Trump campaigned for Strange Friday night in Huntsville, Ala. The alliance has put the president at odds with one of his former top advisers as well to his base of supporters.

Trump endorsed Strange in August before the Republican primary, a move that united him with Senate Republican leadership.

The winner of Tuesday’s runoff will head to the December general election to defend the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: day; establishment; gop; reckoning
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1 posted on 09/26/2017 5:16:50 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Here is a video of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIkT8MTNfYI


2 posted on 09/26/2017 5:17:08 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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I think Trump is playing the Establishment. He needed something and negotiated his support of Strange for something. We just don’t know what it is.

But if it had to do with healthcare, the wall or tax relief, the Establishment hasn’t lived up to their end of the bargain. My bet is Moore knows this and when he wins today, Trump will be right there endorsing him and we will find out what the Establishment reneged on.


3 posted on 09/26/2017 5:24:10 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” - DJT)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Of course. The fork gambit was a win win for the President


4 posted on 09/26/2017 5:27:50 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Enlightened1

Bannon for President. Great speech.


5 posted on 09/26/2017 5:31:02 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
It has looked like a good cop / bad cop kabuki theater hasn't it....

My guess is Moore wins, Graham Cassidy passes, these d**ches get the message that a seed change is coming and they start getting aboard the Trump Train or they are are out, they know it....

6 posted on 09/26/2017 5:31:06 AM PDT by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry of Men!....)
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To: Enlightened1

My wife and I are praying for Justice Roy Moore today.


7 posted on 09/26/2017 5:33:12 AM PDT by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“...Trump...negotiated his support of Strange for something...”

Agree!! This is my conclusion as well. The Establishment most likely will not live up to their end of the bargain (or did not, if it involved the healthcare repeal not passing), but this way (endorsing Strange) the President lived up to his end of the deal and the establishment is exposed if(and when) they do not support the President.

It seems clear to me that this is why the President endorsed Strange and is almost certainly going to be happy when Moore wins.


8 posted on 09/26/2017 5:38:23 AM PDT by stonehouse01
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To: Enlightened1

Thanks for the link to Bannon’s speech.

What an intelligent man and speaker.

A pleasure to listen to.

Go Judge Moore!


9 posted on 09/26/2017 5:44:49 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Time for BOTH sides to tone down the rhetoric. Both candidates would be better for the USA than any Democrat.


10 posted on 09/26/2017 5:53:31 AM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Enlightened1

Wait for the “Roy Moore wants to take your welfare and put you back in chains.” ads from the GOP-e should Moore win today.


11 posted on 09/26/2017 5:58:07 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Enlightened1
‘Your day of reckoning is coming’

I hope so!

12 posted on 09/26/2017 5:58:09 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I think Trump is playing the Establishment. He needed something and negotiated his support of Strange for something. We just don’t know what it is.

...

I agree. There’s some kind of strategy going on.


13 posted on 09/26/2017 5:58:32 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

My bet is Moore knows this and when he wins today, Trump will be right there endorsing him and we will find out what the Establishment reneged on.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Trump flat out stated at the AL rally, somewhat emphatically I thought, that if Moore wins the primary, Trump will support him. I just laughed when I heard him say it because I’m sure he’d rather have Moore who will vote “Trump” as opposed to ‘Big Luther’ who will vote “McConnell”.


14 posted on 09/26/2017 6:00:11 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

It could be that Trump is sending a message to the establishment that they are losers, and that this isn’t about Trump, but instead the American people people, and it’s their movement to Make America Great Again.


15 posted on 09/26/2017 6:05:07 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Enlightened1
Stephen Bannon reportedly said during a Monday night rally

It's on video. Can you confirm by watching a replay before you say "Reportedly"? Or do you suspect that was a CGI version like S1MØNE?
16 posted on 09/26/2017 6:10:30 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Enlightened1

I hope Trump learns today that as we the people elected him, it is we the people for whom he works.

McConnell and ilk will soon be voted out if we just keep working for true conservatives.


17 posted on 09/26/2017 6:40:59 AM PDT by amihow
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To: Enlightened1

“Oh, please, brer fox, don’t thows me in dat briar patch! Lawdy Lawd no!


18 posted on 09/26/2017 6:53:28 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump.)
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He needed something and negotiated his support of Strange for something. We just don’t know what it is.

My thoughts as well. Trump gave a veiled hint in his speech Friday that something was "cooking" and to take his public words with a grain of salt and some imagination..........

19 posted on 09/26/2017 6:57:01 AM PDT by varon (There's always room for one more on the hanging tree.....)
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Thanks for the video.

Bannon left the administration, but never left the employ of President Trump. Bannon was there as a “private citizen”... on orders from Trump. Trump is playing a Stradivarius while McConnell & crew are picking on a ukulele.


20 posted on 09/26/2017 7:01:35 AM PDT by moovova
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