Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections
Posted on AllSides September 3rd, 2021
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Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Videos: Bannon’s War Room/YouTube; CSPAN; Jon Smith/Facebook; Bannon’s War Room/Rumble; Debra Ell/Facebook; Cobb County Republican Party/Facebook; MyrtleBeachSC News/YouTube; DogEars/YouTube; Breaking Video/YouTube
One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast on Jan. 5. “All hell will break loose tomorrow.” The next morning, as thousands massed on the National Mall for a rally that turned into an attack on the Capitol, Bannon fired up his listeners: “It’s them against us. Who can impose their will on the other side?”
When the insurrection...
