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Report: Steve Bannon, Trump's Former Chief Strategist, Is Considering Running For President In 2020
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| 12/21/17
| By Andrew Husband
Posted on 12/21/2017 1:42:44 PM PST by Lazamataz
Despite Roy Moore’s shocking loss to Doug Jones in the Alabama special election for its vacated U.S. Senate seat, one of the Republican’s chief backers, Steve Bannon is pressing on. A former executive for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign turned White House chief strategist, Bannon returned to his post at Breitbartafter the president fired him in August. Since then, the eccentric conservative figure has floated plenty of praise and criticism for his former employer, the remaining members of his White House administration, and just about everyone else on the American political spectrum.
According to Vanity Fair‘s Gabriel Sherman, Bannon is also toying with the idea of a possible presidential run in 2020. “I realize in hindsight I was just a staffer, and I’m not a good staffer. I had influence, I had a lot of influence, but just influence,” he said of his time working for Trump. “I have power. I can actually drive things in a certain direction.” Hence, per Sherman’s reporting, Bannon’s possible presidential ambitions:
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bannon; bannon2020; fakenews
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I can live with that. :)
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:42:44 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
To: Lazamataz
I love when Bannon screws with the media’s minds.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:43:55 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Lazamataz
he isn’t running.
this is psyops, probably by Bannon himself. :)
To: Lazamataz
A totally unmarketable candidate. His running would just be for the fun of it.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:44:32 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
To: Lazamataz
If it drives liberals crazy... ok.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:44:35 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: Lazamataz
Gotta be Bannon playing head games with the MSM
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:45:14 PM PST
by
Angels27
To: Eddie01
He's got my vote.
Psyops, nukka!!!!
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:45:43 PM PST
by
bagster
(Even bad men love their mamas.)
To: Loud Mime
His running would just be for the fun of it.They said the exact same about Trump.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:45:58 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Loud Mime
His running would just be for the fun of it.They said the exact same about Trump.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:45:58 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Lazamataz
That could be entertaining :)
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:46:24 PM PST
by
pnz1
(#IMNOTWITHHER)
To: Loud Mime
A totally unmarketable candidate. As opposed to GHW Bush, Bob Dole, GW Bush, Mitt Romney, and John McCain.
All quite remarkable candidates, wot?
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:47:43 PM PST
by
bagster
(Even bad men love their mamas.)
To: Lazamataz
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Yeah, sure, whatever Steve-Oh. Win an election first, any election, if you want to favorably impress someone. Thanks Lazamataz.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:49:25 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:49:34 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yeah, sure, whatever Trump-Oh. Win an election first, any election, if you want to favorably impress someone. Thanks Lazamataz. What is it about politicians that you so admire?
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:51:47 PM PST
by
bagster
(Even bad men love their mamas.)
To: Angels27
Gotta be Bannon playing head games with the MSM
____________________________________________________
Merry Christmas to me. Thank you Mr. Bannon. I love you.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:53:13 PM PST
by
BarbM
( President Trump tells the truth LOUD and CLEAR)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Floating the idea to Vanity Fair is hilarious.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:53:21 PM PST
by
GnuThere
He couldn’t even get Moore elected in ALABAMA. Good luck with that.
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:54:44 PM PST
by
proust
(Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
To: Loud Mime
“A totally unmarketable candidate. His running would just be for the fun of it.”
Isn’t that what they said about Trump?
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:54:46 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: Lazamataz
Hi guy.
“toying”
That is the operative word.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/21/2017 1:55:41 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
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