Overview
- On his War Room podcast with Eric Bolling, Steve Bannon said Trump is "not engaged" and blamed him for Republican losses.
- He urged sending Department of Justice officials to California to challenge Prop. 50 redistricting as unconstitutional.
- Bannon asserted Trump was not active in races in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City, and California.
- He predicted double-digit Democratic wins in California and advocated "full unvarnished" Trumpism, including a "Trump 2028" push.
- Progressive outlets disputed his account, pointing to Trump’s role in New Jersey and casting the exchange as intraparty finger-pointing.