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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 07:59 AM

kentuck (105,265 posts)

Why are Republicans willing to invest so much in Steve Bannon ??

Does he have incriminating evidence on all of them? That is doubtful.

Do they simply not care about our democracy or the rule of law?

Do they support Steve Bannon just because their leadership asked them to do it?

Or are they so lacking in courage that they would destroy this democracy and break their oath to defend this nation, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, just to maintain power?

Or are they afraid that Herr Leader will sic his pack of crazies, also known as the base, on them?

Surely, there are Republicans out there somewhere willing to primary these cowards?

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Why are Republicans willing to invest so much in Steve Bannon ?? (Original post)	kentuck	Oct 2021	OP
My bet is he knows where the figurative "bodies" are buried	Best_man23	Oct 2021	#1
I think they've just been cowards for so long it's a habit they can't change	Walleye	Oct 2021	#2
They regard him as a Republican family-values role model for their kids	Champp	Oct 2021	#3
They oppose everything the Dems do now,	House of Roberts	Oct 2021	#4
Precisely	Sherman A1	Oct 2021	#9
I think they are showing fealty to their lord & savior tfg.	spanone	Oct 2021	#5
Exactly	Andy823	Oct 2021	#19
(2) they are fascists.	Voltaire2	Oct 2021	#6
Bannon has such a weird and shady past	FelineOverlord	Oct 2021	#7
Trump was guided by smart people,	gab13by13	Oct 2021	#8
They don't care about democracy or rule of law.	GoCubsGo	Oct 2021	#10
As Republican politics has evolved into pure performance	NoMoreRepugs	Oct 2021	#11
They are trying to cover	malaise	Oct 2021	#12
It's all about power.	bamagal62	Oct 2021	#13
The anti-government movement is led by billionaires who are anti-democratic, anti-individual rights.	ShazamIam	Oct 2021	#14
Because his claim to executive privilege is the absolute weakest.	boston bean	Oct 2021	#15
I don't think it's complicated. Findings by the 1/6 commission...	Whiskeytide	Oct 2021	#16
Steve Bannon can incriminate TFG	Martin Eden	Oct 2021	#17
#4 is the reason.	CrispyQ	Oct 2021	#18
Actually 3 letters would probably be the best answer to this.	bluestarone	Oct 2021	#20
Because they need Cockwomble's voters to retain power	jmowreader	Oct 2021	#21
In a cult, any dissension from doctrine is heresy.	Midnight Writer	Oct 2021	#22
Because they want to have hot, unrestrained sex with him. (nt)	Paladin	Oct 2021	#23
I think that he knows a lot	Mad_Machine76	Oct 2021	#24

Response to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:07 AM

Best_man23 (4,165 posts)

1. My bet is he knows where the figurative "bodies" are buried

He knows where the cash came from, the details on the lead-up to 1/6, so on, so on..

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:09 AM

Walleye (14,773 posts)

2. I think they've just been cowards for so long it's a habit they can't change

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:10 AM

Champp (2,114 posts)

3. They regard him as a Republican family-values role model for their kids

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:17 AM

House of Roberts (4,111 posts)

4. They oppose everything the Dems do now,

no matter how trivial. It's an extension of the Gingrich Doctrine, which started in the 1994 elections.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:46 AM

Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)

9. Precisely

This is not so much investing in Steve Bannon, but opposition to anything from any Democrat. Surprising that is so hard to understand.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:20 AM

spanone (130,665 posts)

5. I think they are showing fealty to their lord & savior tfg.

Disgusting fucks.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:06 AM

Andy823 (11,455 posts)

19. Exactly

they want to keep their positions of power, and they "think" trump is the only way they can do it. The problem is trump is going to destroy the whole party to get his revenge. A narcissist never forgets and will "always" destroy those who cross them.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:23 AM

Voltaire2 (10,129 posts)

6. (2) they are fascists.

They only care about power. Democratic institutions are important only to the extent that they can be used to legitimize their power.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:30 AM

FelineOverlord (2,249 posts)

7. Bannon has such a weird and shady past

His voter registration history is seriously suspect.

Remember the hot tub filled with acid? Although that was probably his drug addicted third wife.

Everyone he associates with is sleazy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:40 AM

gab13by13 (9,973 posts)

8. Trump was guided by smart people,

Why are Republicans willing to invest so much in Steve Bannon ??
Does he have incriminating evidence on all of them? That is doubtful.

Bannon absolutely has evidence on most of them.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:48 AM

GoCubsGo (28,882 posts)

10. They don't care about democracy or rule of law.

Which has been obvious for some time now. He's one of them, and his antics just further their cause. They'll keep supporting him until his behavior hits them in their wallets. We saw the same thing with Dumbya. "War crimes? No problem. You're either with us, or you're against us." That's until he crashed the economy (with their help.) Now, none of them want to be seen with him. Cowards, indeed. Sniveling, traitorous cowards, the lot of them.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:49 AM

NoMoreRepugs (6,897 posts)

11. As Republican politics has evolved into pure performance

Theatre “all things” branded R must be defended and/or praised so the FauxNews sound machine can spew its fodder. Compare it to 300-400k Nazi rallies put on the airwaves and social media. The ignorant Deplorable base MUST be fed.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:51 AM

malaise (244,563 posts)

12. They are trying to cover

THEIR OWN TRACKS - that is all

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 08:59 AM

bamagal62 (2,420 posts)

13. It's all about power.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 09:08 AM

ShazamIam (2,176 posts)

14. The anti-government movement is led by billionaires who are anti-democratic, anti-individual rights.

It looks like they want to identify people like Steve Bannon to take the rap for Jan. 6, when it was a project of the same people who brought us the tea party summer back in 2010. If you look over that Forbes 400 list of richest Americans you will find the people responsible, including corporations such as ATT, Capillarity, John Deer, the entire fossil fuel industry, banking, etc.
Steve Bannon gets the news coverage. I don't see much in the news about ATT and OANN.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 09:10 AM

boston bean (34,931 posts)

15. Because his claim to executive privilege is the absolute weakest.

He was NOT a member of the admin on Jan 6.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 09:24 AM

Whiskeytide (3,797 posts)

16. I don't think it's complicated. Findings by the 1/6 commission...

… will undoubtedly damage the R brand across the board. It has to. Accordingly, they don’t want there to be any findings. They simply don’t want to lose power.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:09 AM

Martin Eden (11,314 posts)

17. Steve Bannon can incriminate TFG

TFG and everything he stands for IS the Republican Party today.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:36 AM

CrispyQ (31,938 posts)

18. #4 is the reason.

They are so lacking in courage that they would destroy this democracy and break their oath to defend this nation, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, just to maintain power.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:08 AM

bluestarone (13,584 posts)

20. Actually 3 letters would probably be the best answer to this.

TFG.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:37 AM

jmowreader (47,274 posts)

21. Because they need Cockwomble's voters to retain power

I get the impression that many TFG voters never voted before and won’t ever again if TFG is locked up…which Bannon’s testimony could cause. Democrats are energized to flush a lot of Republicans out of office next year; without TFG’s supporters, they don’t have a chance.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:30 PM

Midnight Writer (15,737 posts)

22. In a cult, any dissension from doctrine is heresy.

To maintain status in a cult, ALL strictures must be obeyed without question or hesitation.

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:34 PM

Paladin (25,203 posts)

23. Because they want to have hot, unrestrained sex with him. (nt)

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Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:36 PM

Mad_Machine76 (22,526 posts)

24. I think that he knows a lot

Or perhaps they don't know what he knows, so they are worried about what he might say. Or they might be worried that he is unpredictable and would throw them and/or Trump under the bus with his testimony. Or they are just trying to suppress his testimony just because. It could literally be a combination of things but, whatever the reason, it likely means that whatever he has to say would be bad for them.

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