Overview
- Speaking at a Conservative Partnership Institute event, Steve Bannon said that if Democrats win the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidency, some attendees, including himself, will go to prison.
- He framed the day’s Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia, and a California referendum as a warning and called for greater urgency from conservatives.
- Bannon urged Republicans to pursue “more intense action,” saying “we’re burning daylight,” and pressed for codifying priorities quickly.
- He encouraged Senate Republicans to follow President Trump’s push to scrap the chamber’s 60‑vote cloture threshold to advance their agenda.
- His remarks came as Republicans seek seven Democratic votes for a funding bill that Democrats are withholding to secure an extension of Obamacare premium subsidies expiring December 31, and as Bannon’s record includes a four‑month sentence for contempt of Congress, a guilty plea in the We Build the Wall fraud case, and a 2021 presidential pardon on related federal charges.