As he faces criminal contempt of Congress charges, Trumpist goon and derelict impersonator Steve "Loose Cannon" Bannon's statements leading up to the January 6 Trumpist insurrection are building a strong case for his central role in inciting the violent, deadly riot. He clearly thought that January 6 would be the day Trump's violent cult would seize power through a violent assault on Congress, as the ceremonial counting of electoral college votes took place in the Senate. Media Matters has a detailed report on his involvement in coordinating the sedition, using his own unhinged words. We've chosen some representative excerpts:
January 2:
"[Bannon] insisted that the week of January 6 'is more important than November 3' and compared it to the fall of the Roman Republic. He then said, 'We’re at that moment. And that’s what this week is.'
Bannon announced that 'there’s so much going on behind the scenes, a massive fight.'" (our emphasis)
"[Bannon] warned that 'starting tomorrow, it is going to be wild.'He claimed 'We’re hurtling towards a constitutional crisis' that is 'going to be complicated and it’s going to be nasty.' [snip]Bannon said, 'Live from our nation’s capital, you're in the field headquarters of one of the small divisions of the bloodless coup.'Bannon guaranteed that 'we’re all going to converge' on January 6 and 'impose our will. It’s like in football. You have to impose your will on the opposition.'” (our emphasis)
January 5:
"Bannon told his audience: 'It’s not going to happen like you think it’s going to happen, OK. It’s going to be quite extraordinarily different. And all I can say is strap in, the War Room posse. You have made this happen, and tomorrow it’s game day.'
He warned of a constitutional crisis that’s 'about to go up, I think, five orders of magnitude tomorrow.'
Bannon claimed, 'We’re going to go through a couple of three very turbulent 24-hour periods.” (our emphasis)
There should be absolutely no hesitation on the part of the Justice Department to act on Congress' criminal contempt order. Bannon is a clear and present danger to our democratic republic as long as he is promoting violent insurrection by the Trump cult, and furthering the "Big Lie" that the 2020 election was "stolen." Lock. Him. Up.
