Overview
- Speaking at a Conservative Partnership Institute event on Capitol Hill, Steve Bannon said that if Republicans lose the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidency, “some in this room are going to prison — myself included.”
- The remarks came a day after Democrats notched victories in races including New Jersey, Virginia and New York City, as well as a California referendum that could add Democratic House seats.
- Video posted by Bannon’s War Room shows the comments, and Snopes verified the quote as accurately attributed.
- Bannon urged Republicans to convert Trump-era executive actions into law and called for eliminating the Senate’s 60‑vote cloture threshold.
- Coverage situates his warning against his legal history — a four‑month jail term for contempt of Congress and a 2025 guilty plea in the ‘We Build the Wall’ case — and notes he claimed outreach to senators such as Josh Hawley and Lindsey Graham, which has not been independently corroborated.