Former President Donald Trump's longtime strategist Steve Bannon raged against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after the House voted to temporarily avert a government shutdown on Thursday.
"I mean, it's disgusting," said Bannon on his "War Room" show. "Johnson ... suspended, you know, the two thirds, he had to suspend the rules. He's done everything [former Speaker Kevin] McCarthy's done. To me, he's got to go, he's finished. He's proven his weakness. Not one iota of change on the southern border. You fund it. You agreed to fund the play."
Johnson, a hitherto unknown backbencher and avowed Christian nationalist, was appointed to the speakership after a hard-right faction of Republican lawmakers forced a vote to overthrow McCarthy, upset that he was insufficiently following their promises to play hardball with President Joe Biden over spending and other policies.
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"Here's the thing that galls me," said Bannon. "You ran, you guys ran against and took money from this audience and had him work and, and, and knock on doors and walk precincts and you lied. You, you ran on getting rid of the Pelosi spending on the woke and weaponized securing the southern border, all of it and all of it's in this bill."
The fact that it's only a four-week extension doesn't matter at this point, Bannon continued. "No, no, no, no, no. We're five or six months into this thing. Now you had all the leverage. You gotta force Biden to the table and not take a snow day. It's disgusting. You people are leaving town."
"Talk about the collapse and the surrender of the House today under the Biblical worldview," fumed Bannon. "If this is what the Christians do, let me try Islam."
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