Posted on 02/15/2021 12:48:06 PM PST by Red Badger
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon told a group of Boston Republicans that former President Donald Trump will come roaring back in 2024, suggesting he may first be elected to Congress, displace Nancy Pelosi as speaker and launch impeachment proceedings against President Biden.
“Going forward, we can transform the Republican Party into more of a MAGA movement … just immerse the (Make America Great Again) movement with the Republican Party, and we’re going to have massive victories in the future,” Bannon said in a Lincoln Day Breakfast speech.
During his talk to the West Roxbury Ward 20 Republican Committee on Saturday, the same day Trump was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial, Bannon even floated the idea of Trump becoming speaker of the House in 2022 and impeaching President Biden.
“Trump is a disruptor, but he has a long-term vision because I absolutely believe in the marrow of my bones that he will be our nominee in 2024,” Bannon later added. “He’ll come back to us. We’ll have a sweeping victory in 2022, and he’ll lead us in 2024.”
Bannon, who promoted the unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election and claimed that Trump won, said his strategy is for Trump to run for Congress in 2022 and say he’s running for speaker of the House.
“We totally get rid of Nancy Pelosi, and the first act of President Trump as speaker will be to impeach Joe Biden for his illegitimate activities of stealing the presidency,” Bannon said, leading to applause and hollers from the Boston Republicans.
Bannon told the crowd that they “need to confront this radical Biden administration every day.”
Politics should no longer be thought of as Republicans versus Democrats, he stressed during his talk.
“It’s between populists, nationalists, traditionalists versus these kind of globalists, elites, secular radicals,” Bannon said, adding, “This is what I think the future of this movement is … . We’re going to have a big aspect of disaffected Democrats that start to come over.”
Lou Murray, the chair of the West Roxbury Ward 20 Republican Committee, also said that “more traditionally minded Democrats” will leave the party because of the “radicalism” of Biden’s administration.
“I 100% agree with that,” Murray said, later adding, “The Trump brand isn’t over. The MAGA, America First message of Donald Trump is extremely popular, and that message will keep being extremely popular.”
Bannon was among the scores of people who were pardoned at the 11th hour by Trump. The former strategist was one of four charged in an alleged scheme to divert fundraising tied to the southern border wall.
The organizers of the “We Build The Wall” group portrayed themselves as eager to help the president build a “big beautiful” barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border, as he promised during the 2016 campaign. They raised more than $25 million from thousands of donors and pledged that 100% of the money would be used for the project.
But according to the criminal charges, much of the money never made it to the wall. Instead, it was allegedly used to line the pockets of group members, including Bannon.
Herald wire services were used in this report.
Wrong, as usual. The governor makes an interim appointment for up to six months, THEN there is a special election.
§ 2621. Vacancy in office of U.S. Senator or Representative
(a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative, the Governor shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. His or her proclamation shall specify a day for the special election and a day for a special primary, pursuant to section 2352 of this title.
(b) The special election shall be held not more than six months from the date the vacancy occurs, except that if the vacancy occurs within six months of a general election, the special election may be held the same day as the general election provided the ballots for the special election are able to be distributed by the deadline set forth in section 2479 of this title. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2019, No. 67, § 18.)
§ 2622. Interim appointment of U.S. Senator
The Governor may make an interim appointment to fill a vacancy in the office of U.S. Senator, pending the filling of the vacancy by special election. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
"May". Not "will".
No. Senators and Congressmen can't be recalled.
Steve Bannon has too many illusions.
The articles for Biden’s impeachment have already been introduced and tabled.
The person who needs to be impeached, and impeached now, is Harris - for encouraging and funding riots over the summer
“If even one Senator from a state with a GOP governor drops, we retake the Senate as soon as a replacement is named.”
Except in the case of the six States: Arizona, Hawaii, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah and Wyoming. These States require the Governor to appoint a temporary replacement Senator from the same Party as the vacating Senator.
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My aren't we pleasant.
That’s an interesting strategy.. and frankly about the only strategy I can see where the GOP doesn’t get demolished in 2022 for their betrayal.
If the congressional elections are purely sold as win to make Trump speaker... then the elections are nationalized and everyone knows they are voting for Trump. Every candidate will be forced to declare support for or against Trump and a further purge of Establishment Globalists.
I don’t know if it can be done, it’s BOLD.
But not unprecedented. One POTUS, John Quincy Adams was a Representatives after being President. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, became a Senator after the presidency, although he ran twice and lost. William Howard Taft became the Chief Justice of the United States after his presidency. So, like I said, it would not be unprecedented for Trump to run for Congress or Senator.....................
Has that ever been pursued in the Federal courts?
I believe it would be unconstitutional........................
Trump will not run for Congress......He’s an alpha male who needs to lead, not be just a number out of 435.
Maybe because they would be gone in the primaries?......................
Hard to tell what team Bannon’s on sometimes,”
Yeah. Pre-election he was loudly “guaranteeing” that PDJT would win the election. “I guarantee.” “Take my word for it.” “Blah blah blah.” He implied that he had some inside info. Then it didn’t happen.
Now he scoffs at “no servers in Italy” (there were), the voting machines aren’t an issue (they are), etc.
But I love his show, and most of his guests are excellent.
“Reckon we could get KY to recall Mitch?”
Sadly, can’t be recalled or impeached.
1. Mitch can be expelled.
2. Mitch can resign.
3. Mitch can to the honorable thing any traitor should do.
Yep. Of course he was originally tossed from the WH for secretly telling the media that Don Jr had committed treason. His funding has come from the questionable Mercers and Miles Gwok and he got the Navy intel and I believe Jesuit(?) connections as well.
He does get great guests. Nothing better than when Peter Navarro is on!
There is no recall of senators & congresscritters. There have been several federal court cases that say its unconstitutional plus one USSC case which implied unconstitutionality. Need a constitutional admendment for recall
Better idea - repeal the 17th amendment !
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