Steve Bannon says 'Maga army' ready, as he reports to prison

[Tom of Temecula]

Donald Trump’s former top adviser Steve Bannon has told the BBC he does not fear going to prison or watching the former president’s 2024 campaign from behind bars. After being convicted of contempt of Congress, the man who was seen as the power behind the scenes in the White House at the start of Trump’s presidential term in 2017 will report to a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday.

He is still appealing against his conviction for refusing to appear in front of the committee of lawmakers investigating the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters. Bannon has claimed that conversations he had with the president that day should be protected under executive privilege.

But last week the Supreme Court ruled he could not delay his sentence until after the appeal was heard, and now Bannon will have to face his four-month sentence. “I've served my country now for the last 10 or so years focusing on this,” he said in an interview, referring to politics and the Make America Great Again (Maga) movement. “If I have to do it in a prison, I do it in a prison - it makes no difference at all.”

He said that he was unconcerned about missing a crucial part of Trump’s campaign, as there is a “Maga army” ready to ensure the former president defeats Joe Biden and returns to the White House. “I’m ready to go,” he said. “I'm all set up.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/steve-bannon-says-maga-army-011219156.html

[tirebiter]

1. So what?

[SARose]

78. Beat me to it

Buh bye. Don’t care.

[Walleye]

2. They get all upset when we call them Maga.

If Bannon thinks he is serving his country by going to prison, all I can say is, thank you for your service, chump

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Lately they've been adopting the term, example as in "so-and-so is full maga". . . . . nt

[Walleye]

5. Which is funny, they love to own it, but they hate when Leader Jeffries calls them extreme mega republicans the House

They pretend they stand for something and know what it is. What they really stand for is the love of Trump and all of his evil ways.

[GB_RN]

51. Oh, They Do Stand For Something...

Number one is Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent himself.

Two: Themselves.

Three: As John Boenher said of the KKKult members, the are nothing more than “legislative terrorists.” These are the people who campaign on “The government doesn’t work.” And then they get to DC and ensure that government doesn’t work, while still yelling about it and blaming the Democrats. The hypocrisy is incredible.

[JoseBalow]

103. drumpf cultists

[Evolve Dammit]

110. One and the same. Bannon claims Drumph is a moderate magat.

[PatSeg]

112. Well in truth, Trump isn't a real MAGAT

He just creates and leads them. Trump is only about Trump.

[Evolve Dammit]

114. I thought he coined the term?

[PatSeg]

116. Well, he started out using

"Make America Great Again", but at the time, I wasn't sure if he realized that it could and would be turned into something that sounds like MAGGOT. Well, his braindead base didn't seem to mind being called MAGATs (much like the clueless Teabaggers before them), so I guess he just embraced it.

This is a guy he called his supporters "poorly educated" and it didn't bother them. Maybe they thrive on insults? I don't think I'll ever understand all of this.

[Evolve Dammit]

118. All I know is the Tea Party was in response to Wall Street criminality and 2008 meltdown. Then co-opted by

Koch bros. and transformed over time into the MAGA movement in 2015. I wish? I knew more but maybe I don't at this point.

[LudwigPastorius]

120. Actually, the Kochs were in it from the beginning.

Their Citizens for a Sound Economy set up the USA Tea Party web site in 2002.

The Tea Party was a classic example of a fake grassroots movement set up and funded by elites…also known as “astroturfing”.

[Evolve Dammit]

126. Good note. Thanks

[PatSeg]

122. Yes, the Tea Party evolved

(or devolved) into MAGA. I thought the "Tea-baggers" were weird, but in comparison to the MAGA crowd, they were silly and almost comical with their goofy outfits and funny hats. MAGATs on the other hand are flat out hateful and dangerous.

Whenever I think I'm starting to understand, then something else happens that is so inconceivable I begin to question reality as I've known it. Today's Supreme Court decision is beyond comprehension. Yeah, I'd expect something like that from justices like Thomas and Alito, but I though at least Roberts and Gorsuch were more sane and reasonable. What bizarre hold does Trump have over them?

[Evolve Dammit]

124. You left out beer boy. I think there is a certain loyalty from their being appointed; at least MAGA expects that.

And Roberts condescending comments to the three female dissenters was really poor. Makes me wonder if it's just a good old boy club at it's core. They certainly tore Pandora's box wide open for autocracy to destroy this place.

[PatSeg]

127. Ah yes, "a good old boys club"

All the more liberal voices are women. I hadn't thought of that aspect of it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Just like the teabaggers got all upset about being called teabaggers.

(Once they did a little Googling and found out what "teabagging" was.)

They keep coming up with new terms to insult then with, when I was content just calling them "assholes".

[3Hotdogs]

32. Of course they're upset. The word is maggot.

We get upset when Republicans refer to the Democrat Party instead of its correct name, Democratic Party. So why shouldn't they be upset?

[Walleye]

40. They proudly called themselves, Maga and wear it on their hats. We don't do that.

[BoRaGard]

67. How about when they are called republican MAGAts?

Are they comfortable with that variation?

[Walleye]

69. I don't really use that. Too confusing. Maga is sufficient to describe them.

They are in denial that they are really part of a cult

[calimary]

90. MAGA is close to "maggot" so that's what I think of whenever I use it.

[Walleye]

96. I don't like insulting the maggots though

[calimary]

123. Well, there is that.

[PatSeg]

113. Yeah, I've been calling them MAGATS for a long time

Often they seemed oblivious to the fact that it sounds like "maggots", but it seemed perfect to me.

[kimbutgar]

83. I call them magaloons or MAGA zombies now!

[Walleye]

94. I've been going with flying maga monkeys

[keep_left]

95. My favorite is "MAGA chuds"...

...to use a term popularized by the Chapo Trap House podcast.

[Walleye]

97. That one works for me too

[dem4decades]

3. Does the MAGA army have an SS too?

[marble falls]

14. MAGA is the SS.

[pwb]

6. Fuck off Stevie.

Strong words from wimpy people. You and yours don't scare anyone.

[DoBW]

8. just another bum

yelling at cars, ranting at the world

[JT45242]

7. Saw a dude with a "the more you indict, the more we unite" T-shirt yesterday

Meal team six guy.

If they try that shit this time. The military and national guard will not be listening to anyone named Flynn and these asshats will end up in prison or dead.

[Walleye]

70. The only place they unite is around the end of the bar where they can yell their opinions

[bucolic_frolic]

9. He has served his country as he sought to destroy it.

Worse than a sunshine patriot.

[sop]

10. He should've done his four-month stretch earlier, he'd be out now and could take part in the campaign.

I wonder if Bannon will be allowed internet access to continue inciting MAGA goons while in federal prison?

[NJCher]

21. No way

You obviously have no familiarity whatsoever on how prisons operate.

The article tells how he’s going to “broadcast” his last episode from outside the prison.

Then the show will operate with guest hosts in his absence.

[sop]

33. You're right, I'm not familiar with federal prison, I've never done time.

Clearly, Steve won't be allowed to set up a studio in his cell and do his show, but will he have internet access so he can stay in touch with his MAGA hordes?

[NJCher]

53. No

They are circumspect when it comes to any kind of access. To be able to email anyone, you have to submit the person’s name to the prison. They are then checked out by the prison and maybe approved or not.

Communications are monitored by listening in. They tell the prisoner that at the beginning of the phone call. All emails are read before going out.

Even if you are approved, there are long lines at the kiosk to be able to email or talk on the phone. You only get a certain number of minutes and you are cut off.

I know all this from my nonprofit legal association which helps people who are wrongly convicted.

[sop]

59. Then Bannon will have to pen a Manifesto about his personal struggles while in stir, call it 'Mein Trumpf.'

[machoneman]

76. Mein Dumpf?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

129. Mein Harkonnen

?1635009563

[JoseBalow]

109. Contraband cellphones are very easy to acquire

They are ubiquitous

[Irish_Dem]

38. Goggle search indicates federal prisoners are not allowed internet access.

Obviously because some offenders (sexual offenders) commit crimes online.

That said, it appears they may have access to a regulated and monitored online,
certain movies and music.

Of course, power and money talk, and Bannon may get whatever he wants in stir.

[NJCher]

55. Dream on

and Bannon may get whatever he wants in stir.

No. It doesn’t work that way.

[Irish_Dem]

58. I am always amused when people tell me what Trump and his minions

can and cannot do.

Then of course they do whatever the hell they want to do.

Time will tell whether MAGA inmates get special treatment or not.

[NJCher]

60. Some people have first hand experience

Unlike others who have cynicism that they naively perceive covers all circumstances.

[patricia92243]

12. Actually, it would be a good thing for them to show who they are before the

election. When Trump loses and they want to start trouble, the police, etc. would know right where to look.

[marble falls]

13. If they didn't show up for TFG all the times he called them out, why would they turn out for dirt ball who stole their..

... build the wall money?

[2naSalit]

20. That...

Fucker is insane, so his followers will devour everything he commands because they are not sane either.

[marble falls]

23. If Bannon wasn't monied, four months would be about all needed to forget that sad sack. Every time we watch a ...

... Seinfeld rerun, we send Bannon more cash.

[2naSalit]

25. I can hardly wait until...

He oozes into the dustbin.

[marble falls]

27. It will be his finest moment. I hope he has a full blown Chuck Carlson moment.

[2naSalit]

35. ...

Not familiar with Chuck Carlson, can you elaborate a little?

[marble falls]

37. One of Nixon's men who went to prison over the Watergate cover up, he found jebus and started a prison ...

... ministry and reform group. He cooperated with the Ervin's committee and Nixon abandoned him, saying "leave him hang twisting slowly in the wind".


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson

"The 'Evil Genius' of an Evil Administration"

Slate magazine writer David Plotz described Colson as Nixon's "hard man, the 'evil genius' of an evil administration."[10] Colson has written that he was "valuable to the President... because I was willing... to be ruthless in getting things done".[11] Nixon's White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman described Colson as being the president's "hit man".[12][13]

Colson authored the 1971 memo listing Nixon's major political opponents, later known as Nixon's enemies list. A quip that "Colson would walk over his own grandmother if necessary" mutated into claims in news stories that Colson had boasted that he would run over his own grandmother to re-elect Nixon.[11] In a conversation on February 13, 1973, Colson told Nixon that he had always had "a little prejudice".[14][clarification needed]

[2naSalit]

47. Thanks!

Yeah, I could see him giving that a try.



Then again, maybe everybody there will hate him.

[marble falls]

50. They hated Chuck, too. That's probably why he started praying. His sentence was only 7 months.

[2naSalit]

52. Even though...

He will be hosed down when he enters, the stench from the alcohol oozing from his pores will permeate the entire cell block. He craves attention and recognition, I hope gets none that he seeks. I hope every day is his worst ever.

[NJCher]

57. His prison consultant

Will tell him to handle “interpersonal communication” in prison.

[2naSalit]

61. That's about all he'll have...

With no phone or internet podcasting access.

[NJCher]

65. He can get in-person visits

From his lawyer where they plan how to answer charges for stealing all that wall money from naive magats.

Fun stuff!

[NJCher]

62. Aka

Chuck found Cheebus!

[BonnieJW]

79. What does that mean?

What does Seinfeld have to do with Bannon?

[Attilatheblond]

99. Curious about that myself

So, I copied and pasted your question in my Duck Duck Go search bar. This came up at the top of the links:
https://www.thewrap.com/steve-bannon-seinfeld/]

Never could get into that show, and now, one more reason to skip it.

[marble falls]

101. If.Bannon.Was.Broke.He.Would.Be.Forgotten.In.Four.Months.Off.In.Jail.Off.The News.Cycles. ...

... Bannion.And.A group.Of.Businressmen.Own.The.Rights.To.Seinfeld.Show's.Syndication.

Every.Showing.Derives.Income.For.That.Group.Based.On.Numbers.Of.Viewers.Watching.

Now you do me a favor and tell me what you thought I meant. To be open, Bannon may well participate in sydicating other shows, I know not what they are, nor do I care. BUT if I were to choose participation in syndication of any show ever to be in syndication, Seinfeld would be the one, for two reasons: I loved the show and I loved all the characters. And it was/is one of the most popular shows ever. If I had a participation, you wouldn't be putting money into Bannon's pockets.

Make out of that what you will.

[Botany]

15. "I'm ready to go,"

To prison.

[Irish_Dem]

41. He has a case of Jack Daniels and ribeyes all packed.

[Botany]

80. Hey inmate! Walk along that line and no speaking.

I hope he is getting a wake up call right now.

[Irish_Dem]

84. Walk the line and no speaking.

Not in Bannon's repertoire of life skills.

[Botany]

88. May he get African American C.O.s and hopefully female too

And may he be charged with with his build the wall scam when his 4 months are up too

[Irish_Dem]

89. Bannon will have some teachable moments I am guessing.

[2naSalit]

56. Or, better yet...

Off the planet!

[Botany]

81. @ 70 this could be a life term.

Can you die of D.T.s?

[Irish_Dem]

86. Untreated D.T's: Mortality rate of about 15-40%.

Yes you can die from it. It is considered a medical emergency.
Don't know what they do in prisons.

[Dulcinea]

16. Tell yourself that, Stevie.

Old nasty sleazebag who looks like he sleeps in a dumpster.

[Irish_Dem]

42. I wonder if the prison guards will make him clean up?

[Dulcinea]

93. Flea dip?

Decontamination shower?

[Irish_Dem]

100. For starters.

Just to get off the top layers of grime.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Yeah, like when they answered Dear Leader's call to show up at the NYC courthouse?

All five of them?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Hey Steve

If we're lucky Trump might end up your cell mate.

[Irish_Dem]

43. In 24 hours they would be at each other's throats.

[Javaman]

19. I think this is going to be a case of, "what if they had a war and no one showed up" situation.

more bullshit from the dry drunk.

[Irish_Dem]

44. Did he stop drinking?

[twodogsbarking]

22. Maybe he will shower.

[rubbersole]

30. Going in the door they de-louse new inmates.

That picture would make a great meme starter. My Ass Got Arrested general (population).

[twodogsbarking]

31. Lice on a louse, eh.

[JoseBalow]

104. Not in the federal system, there is no intake delousing

[Irish_Dem]

46. Making Bannon shower is a genuine public service.

[Danascot]

24. I follow Tomi T Ahonenon on Spoutible

He refers to Bannon as, "alleged human, Steve Bannon".

[ancianita]

26. You're ready to go?

You -- loudmouth asswipe coward -- have no idea how ready WE are for you to go!

[IronLionZion]

28. Ready to join him in prison?

Trump next.

[appmanga]

29. One dollar will get you three...

...he gets his ass beat before his sentence is over. And that's in a low security prison.

[Irish_Dem]

48. But he is so charming and likable.

I am sure everyone will love him.

[usonian]

34. Maga army is going to break IN to prison.

[Emile]

54. LOL 🤣

[area51]

36. #DementiaDonnie's puppeteer: "Maga army is ready"

What, Meal Team 6?

[rubbersole]

45. Bring it - reject losers.

Crawl out from under your nazi rocks and break your leader out of prison. Oh, you're stuck in the drive-thru line at Checkers? Maybe tomorrow...

[Buns_of_Fire]

71. ALMOST ready.

They're awaiting the final shipment of provisions to stuff in their army surplus battle vests: Individual bags of Cheetos and pork rinds. And Twinkies. Gotta have Twinkies.

[flying_wahini]

39. And when he gets out he will have the fraud trial waiting for him. See you in September.🎶

[NJCher]

63. I hope it's seamless

To a lengthy 2nd term!

[KG]

49. they shot their shot on 1/6.

they aint gonna do shit.

[czarjak]

64. Avowed Leninist.

Period. Hides it behind The Donald.

[LiberalFighter]

66. Maga army ready?

How?

And they will do what?

They think they will be allowed to get close to the Capitol?

They think Capitol Police and others will not use more force against them this time?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

68. Good morning. Steve Bannon will report to prison today.

Link to tweet

[DBoon]

72. here is the maga army

[Takket]

73. Imagine going to prison to project Donald Trump.

Incredible.

[Irish_Dem]

87. How many people have done that.

Serving jail time for Trump.

[Emile]

74. He will be required to remove all his clothes and

strip searched. Just heard that on TV, lol.

[JoseBalow]

106. Upon intake, and after every visit

"lift your nuts... Bend over and spread your cheeks."

[Emile]

107. LOL, feel sorry for the inspector.

[rainy]

75. Bannon is spreading the same lies as last time about the election being stolen and the media keep giving him free

airtime!

?feature=shared


Share this video over and over again and INFORM the American people that Trump planned all along to claim he won the election even if he was losing!!!!!!!

[Blue Owl]

77. They are pretty frightening

[LetMyPeopleVote]

82. Today's the day for Steve Bannon to report to jail. Enjoy your stay! 😂

[kimbutgar]

85. Luckily for 4 months he will not be able to talk on his podcast nor write on Twitter.

I’m hoping they don’t allow him internet access in prison.

[malthaussen]

91. I can't understand why the BBC would waste time with this bullshit.

It's bad enough our own networks hang on every word this asshole utters.

-- Mal

[Sarkinen]

92. enjoy prison

[Ray Bruns]

98. Ready for what? A shower and an exercise regimen?

[Grokenstein]

105. Oh, he definitely isn't ready for that.

[Grokenstein]

102. The whimperings of a scared tumor-man trying to sound tough.

NOW DO DIM DONNIE

[GaYellowDawg]

108. I hope nothing happens to him in prison.

I hope he's not assaulted. I hope he's not beaten into a coma. I hope he isn't carved up with a shiv. I hope he doesn't come out of prison in a box.

Gee, I sure hope not.

[Evolve Dammit]

111. Isn't this sedition and inciting violence every f'ing day???

[Evolve Dammit]

115. As an "official act" maybe anyone espousing violent insurrection should all be rounded up??

[Captain Zero]

117. We need a go fund me for the first prisoner

That bends him over with extreme prejudice. If we give to the prisoner after the fact it would be a gratuity, right?

[OMGWTF]

119. MAGA Gravy Seals? MAGA Mealteam Six? The Pathetic Unfukables? Who Steve?

[LudwigPastorius]

121. Enjoy that prison toilet wine...

you filthy traitor.

[spanone]

125. How come we didn't see a fucking perp walk??????

America deserved that.

[Dan]

128. I hope Bannon is stabbed

Before completing his first week.