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Steve Bannon, formerly incarcerated for contempt of congress, calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/politics@sh.itjust.works
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Bannon has no formal power, but is an influential figure on the far right and is closely tied with the Trump administration.

Donald Trump this week again suggested that the federal government “should take over the voting” and federalize elections, which are run by local and state jurisdictions, as part of his ongoing false claims that Democrats have stolen elections. He also reiterated lies that undocumented people are brought to the US to vote and their participation led to

Repeating false claims that undocumented people vote in large numbers in US elections, Bannon said on his War Room show on Tuesday: “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.”

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I think potentially the comment above isn't questioning the pedophile part, but the apologist part. Has Bannon even acknowledged that there's anything wrong? An apologist has to at least try to defend something. He just acts as if nothings changed and everything is fine.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Oh yeah, I was only talking about positive statements. I don't think that the factual record (not the social media propaganda spin show) contains anything like that.

    I am not even remotely defending this man, I believe that he's guilty of far worse things than pedophilia apology. I just don't know of any positive statements that he has made on the topic.

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