Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room

Episode 5056 – "Keeping Texas Free For Americans; Ridding Minnesota Of Somali Fraud"
Date: January 9, 2026
Host: Steve Bannon
Location: Texas, Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex

Overview

This episode, broadcast live from Texas, focuses on two major themes:

1. The alleged threat posed by Sharia law and Islamic influence in Texas, with calls to "keep Texas free for Americans."
2. The investigation into alleged large-scale Somali-led welfare fraud in Minnesota, said to involve the misappropriation of federal funds and possible links to terrorist financing.
   Featuring Texas politicians and activists, security experts, and U.S. Treasury officials, the show outlines nationalist, populist calls to action around citizenship, immigration, and government accountability.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Election Integrity and the Census (00:45–05:28)

• Speakers: Steve Bannon, Wade Miller (America Renewing), Chip Roy (U.S. Rep., Freedom Caucus)

• Summary:

  • Miller argues that the U.S. Census was manipulated by including "illegals" and "college kids," allegedly skewing districting in favor of Democrats.
  • He calls for urgent corrections to Census data: “Millions of people were counted that should not have been counted... The Census Bureau admitted that six seats went to Democrat states that should not have them.” (Wade Miller, 02:25)
  • Chip Roy backs these claims, linking issues with redistricting to democratic legitimacy and Trump’s legal battles. He advocates for the SAVE Act to restrict voting to U.S. citizens and stricter voter ID requirements.

  “We need to be militant about this, and we've got to make sure that only American citizens are voting. Only American citizens are making the decisions about who their electorate is, and they're only counted in the census.”
  — Chip Roy (06:32)

2. Texas, Sharia Law, and the So-Called "Islamic Invasion" (05:28–14:00, 20:06–31:24, 48:00–54:12)

• Speakers: Steve Bannon, Chip Roy, Taj Gill (ex-Navy SEAL), Brian Harrison (Texas State Rep.), Glenn Story (Patriot Mobile)

• Summary:

  • Roy frames his candidacy for Texas Attorney General as a fight to stop an "Islamic invasion" and Sharia law, describing DFW as “ground zero” for Muslim Brotherhood activity. He calls for using the office’s legal powers to shut down Sharia-related organizations.

  “This is a coordinated political effort to Islamify Texas. And you've got to say it, you got to mean it, you got to push the legislature to pass laws. We've got to tweak the Texas Constitution, whatever's necessary to protect Texas from being Islamified by the radical Marxist, the Red Green Axis.”
  — Chip Roy (09:35)

  • Taj Gill emphasizes the incompatibility of Islam (specifically, Sharia law) with “the West,” stating, “If they want to be here, they have to assimilate... They can't bring Sharia law... If you can't assimilate, then you got to get out.” (Taj Gill, 20:37)
  • Brian Harrison states that, contrary to public perception, Texas has not enacted meaningful legal bans on Sharia law. He calls for:
    • Ending state funding to organizations with alleged links to “violent Islam”
    • Banning carve-outs for rebranded entities like "Epic City/The Meadows"
    • Expanding legal restrictions beyond one small family code section
  • Glenn Story and others discuss the mobilization of 25 local groups for an anti-Sharia coalition, positioning Texas as the lynchpin for the rest of America.

3. Alleged Fraud in Minnesota – Focus on Somali Community (31:24–47:41)

• Speaker: Scott Bessant (Secretary of Treasury)

• Summary:

  • Bessant announces investigations into large-scale fraud in Minnesota social service and child nutrition programs, including misuse of funds via "money service businesses" possibly sent to terrorist groups like Al Shabaab.

  “We have traced where the money went... These funds could have potentially been diverted to the terrorist organization Al Shabaab.”
  — Secretary Bessant (32:53)

  • Outlines new federal measures:
    • Formal notification to businesses under investigation for anti-money laundering violations
    • New reporting requirements for money value transfers in affected counties
    • IRS task force to audit implicated financial institutions and nonprofits
  • When asked whether Governor Tim Walz is implicated, Bessant alleges negligence but does not confirm direct involvement.

  “It's clear that Governor Waltz has been negligent in his fiduciary duties... We are actively pursuing all leads...”
  — Bessant (38:34)

  • Bessant frames these efforts as a model for future national actions against fraud and terror financing.

4. Broader Calls to Halt Immigration and Counter "Marxist-Globalist" Takeover (10:15–12:50, 48:00–54:12)

• Speaker: Chip Roy, Steve Bannon, Glenn Story
• Summary:
  • Roy calls for a full pause on all immigration, citing record numbers of foreign-born residents and claims that America’s education system is corrupting “Judeo-Christian principles.”
  • Bannon repeatedly characterizes the struggle as “a war against our way of life,” urging Texas as the battleground: “As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world.” (Bannon, 13:50)
  • The group describes the consolidation of grassroots organizations as a historic coalition defending Texas from “radical Islam” and “Marxists.”

5. Event Promotion: Anti-Sharia and Nationalist Rally (14:11–14:28, 48:00–58:05)

• Speakers: Steve Bannon, Glenn Story

• Summary:

  • Major event in DFW to rally against Sharia law and "Islamification." Speakers include Gert Wilders (Dutch far-right leader), Glenn Beck, and other prominent anti-Islam activists.

  “Texas is everything right now. We lose Texas, it's gone, folks. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world.”
  — Steve Bannon (13:50)

6. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Islam is not compatible with the west, especially... when they're starting to do this Sharia law stuff. We can't have it here.”
  — Taj Gill (20:37)

• “There are no go zones in parts of the area around the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex... where American citizen women don't wanna go.”
  — Chip Roy (08:15)

• “Sharia law is not compatible with the founding precepts of our country... The Texas government has not banned Sharia law in any meaningful way whatsoever.”
  — Brian Harrison (24:48)

• “Our citizens have a right to know that their tax dollars are not being diverted to fund acts of global terror or to fund luxury cars for fraudsters.”
  — Scott Bessant (31:29)

7. Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:45–05:28: Election integrity and the flawed Census
• 05:28–14:00: Chip Roy on the Texas Attorney General race & Sharia law
• 20:06–24:31: Taj Gill on Islam and cultural assimilation
• 24:48–31:24: Brian Harrison on legislative gaps and state funding issues
• 31:24–47:41: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant's press conference on Minnesota fraud
• 48:00–54:12: Glenn Story and Steve Bannon on coalition-building, the importance of Texas, and event logistics

Tone and Rhetoric

• Highly alarmist and urgent — repeatedly uses novelistic/warlike metaphors: “primal scream of a dying regime,” “going medieval,” “Islamic invasion,” “war against our way of life.”
• Emphasizes political tribalism, casting issues as existential threats to America and positioning the episode as a call to action for populist conservatives.

Conclusion

This episode warps together urgent calls for nationalist activism in Texas, election reforms, and anti-immigration rhetoric, using Minnesota’s fraud scandal as a parallel narrative of state and federal failure. Speakers stress the need for militant action to "preserve American values" with Texas positioned as the last line of defense. The episode culminates in the major anti-Sharia event, highlighting the unification of grassroots right-wing groups under a shared cause.

For more specifics:

• [Chip Roy’s campaign/tracking: ChipRoyTX on X and chiproy.com (13:04)]
• [Brian Harrison: @BrianEHarrison (31:04), votebrianharrison.com]
• [Wade Miller: AmericaRenewing.com (04:45)]