Episode 5111: Left Feels Empowered After Emmys Victory; Massive Shake Up In Texas

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bannon's War Room Episode 5111

Title: Left Feels Empowered After Emmys Victory; Massive Shake Up In Texas
Date: February 2, 2026
Host: Stephen K. Bannon
Key Guests: Mike Davis, Luke Macias, Peter Navarro, various commentators

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Episode Overview

This episode zeroes in on new frontlines in the U.S. culture and political wars after the “Emmys”/Grammys showcase of liberal sentiment, heated developments in Texas’s special election, and nationwide battles over voting, immigration, and law enforcement. Bannon and guests examine what they see as mounting threats to conservative priorities, Republican performance in elections, and the implementation of President Trump’s agenda, all against the backdrop of grassroots mobilization and intra-party division.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fulton County Election Raids and Federal Involvement

Timestamps: 00:00–03:08

• Concerns over Election Oversight: Commentators allege federal agents and politicians, including Tulsi Gabbard, are stirring chaos and distrust at the Fulton County election hub.
• Goal Perceived as Destabilization:
  • "Create chaos, create distrust, manufacture a crisis that doesn't really exist... Not surprising when I got the phone call that they were there." (Unknown Female, 00:26)
• Allegation is that a criminal warrant was used to bypass a civil review of ballots already scrutinized with "no fraud" found.

2. Law Enforcement & Suppression of Voting Rights

Timestamps: 03:08–09:02

• Commentators link law enforcement activity in Minneapolis and other cities to voter intimidation, particularly for minority and immigrant populations, arguing this could tip pivotal races by suppressing turnout.
• Concern over the introduction of the “Make Elections Great Again Act” (MEGA) in Congress, characterized by stricter voter ID requirements, purging rolls, and banning mail-in voting:
  • "You cannot look at all of these things and not fear for the free and fair elections coming up." (Unknown Male Political Analyst, 05:13)
• Local DA in Philadelphia asserts readiness to prosecute federal agents breaking city rules (e.g., banning masks, enforcing use of marked vehicles):
  • "Our DA is ready to prosecute folks who are not following the law." (Philadelphia DA/Official, 08:26)

3. Narratives of Intimidation and Political Mobilization

Timestamps: 09:34–11:34

• Guests discuss fears that increased police or ICE presence at polls may keep vulnerable communities from voting, urging vigilance in checking registrations and resisting attempts at voter suppression.
• Bannon frames the political climate as existentially dangerous for the current regime:
  • "This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies, because we're going medieval on this people." (Stephen K. Bannon, 10:44)
• Peter Navarro and other guests denounce mainstream media and liberal networks as propagators of the "big lie."

4. Immigration Policy & Congressional Battles

Timestamps: 13:02–21:11

• Mike Davis claims that Trump is delivering on promises to expel illegal immigrants and is being sabotaged by activist judges. The Supreme Court is said to have stopped "judicial sabotage."
• Upcoming congressional negotiations over the DHS budget focus on ICE, use of masks/unmarked cars, and warrants for deportations. Bannon and Davis insist any Republican who “kneecaps” the president’s immigration agenda should be primaried:
  • "If any Republican tries to cut a deal ... they must be primaried or Republican voters should just stay home and let that Republican get beat." (Mike Davis, 20:12)
• Davis characterizes the opposition’s position as protecting “Somali pirates” and “third world Marxist trash” (strong, controversial language throughout).

5. Texas State Senate Special Election ‘Earthquake’

Timestamps: 30:00–43:51

Background:

• Democrats flipped a long-red state senate seat (Texas 9), shifting the margin over 30 points leftward compared to 2024.
• The Democratic win, in a Trump +17 district in '24, is described as dire for Republicans and likened to past midterm waves.

Analysis:

• Troika of Problems:
  • Disenfranchised, frustrated conservatives
  • Complacent Republicans ("just think we are winning")
  • Moderate Republicans potentially sitting out races to “reclaim” party direction
• Democratic Energy:
  • "The Democrats think they are at war ... they're showing up in droves ... while Republicans just think we're winning." (Luke Macias, 32:42)
• Intra-Party Sabotage:
  • Moderates accused of withholding support for conservative nominees:
    • "The moderate wing is trying... to take the party back." (Luke Macias, 34:55)
• Implication for 2026 Midterms:
  • If Republican base remains complacent and divided, Democrats are poised to make significant gains, possibly an echo of 2010 or 2018.
  • "If we don't wake up we are going to lose seats we otherwise wouldn't have lost." (Luke Macias, 38:32)
  • "Texas goes, so goes the nation." (Stephen K. Bannon, 41:55)

Urgency Ahead of the Texas Primary:

• Macias urges grassroots to focus, vote, and push conservative candidates through primaries—to avoid moderate backsliding and ensure “America First” policy implementation.
  • "First, let's focus for the next thirty days on making sure the Republican ticket ... is one we can be proud of and ... delivers on the promises." (Luke Macias, 42:17)

6. Economic Policy and the Threat of Government Shutdown

Timestamps: 47:08–53:08

• Peter Navarro details positive economic indicators attributed to Trump’s policies: rising investment, rebounding U.S. manufacturing, tax cuts, and looming “largest tax rebate in history.”
• Concern that a government shutdown (pushed by Democrats, per guests) could undercut growth, slow wage gains, and endanger the momentum being experienced, especially in places like Texas.
  • "This is just a variation on that theme. I mean the shutdown will slow things down, it'll cost people's jobs..." (Peter Navarro, 48:26)

7. Geopolitics and the U.S. Dollar

Timestamps: 53:08–end

• Discussion on China’s ambition to elevate the yuan as a global reserve currency and how a “strong dollar” policy could intersect with domestic economic debates.
• Navarro is skeptical of China’s ability to win trust as a global currency leader due to its history of currency manipulation.

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Memorable Quotes and Moments

• On Voter Intimidation:
  • "Imagine what that means when it comes time to vote if you see this replicated ... what does that mean for crucial governor and US Senate races?" (Unknown Male Analyst, 03:18)
• On Election Security:
  • "If you actually care about democracy you would want secure elections... Democrats have been rigging and stealing elections for decades." (Mike Davis, 17:10)
• On the Texas Election Shock:
  • "This was a district that Trump won by seventeen points in 2024—the Democratic candidate ... won it by fourteen points. That's an over thirty-point shift to the left." (Unknown Male Commentator, 30:00)
• On Intra-Party Division:
  • "That moderate wing is trying ... to take the party back... trying to steer the entire party apparatus back." (Luke Macias, 34:55)
• On Urgency for 2026:
  • "If ... democrats have made serious grounds, you're going to have red counties that went blue, you're going to have a House majority that has swung ... in democrats' favor..." (Luke Macias, 42:17)
• On Economic Policy:
  • "Twenty twenty-six ... is positioned to be ... one of the best years in this country's history ... It's all Trump policy driven." (Peter Navarro, 48:26)

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Key Segment Timestamps

• Fulton County Chaos and Federal Election Oversight: 00:00–03:08
• Law Enforcement & Voter Intimidation: 03:08–09:02
• Electoral Manipulation and Grassroots Mobilization: 09:34–11:34
• Immigration Battles and Congressional Showdown: 13:02–21:11
• Texas State Senate Election Shakeup: 30:00–43:51
• Economic Growth and Shutdown Fears: 47:08–53:08

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Final Takeaways

• The episode is marked by a sense of urgency and fear of Democratic gains, both at the ballot box and through legislative action.
• The Texas special election is presented as a symbolic and practical warning for Republicans, amplifying calls for grassroots vigilance, unity, and turnout.
• Federal battles over voter ID, immigration, law enforcement, and economic policy are portrayed as existential fights.
• The hosts decry complacency and intra-party sabotage, pushing listeners toward immediate, aggressive engagement for the 2026 midterms and upcoming primaries.

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For more information:

• Mike Davis: article3project.org
• Luke Macias: [@lukemaciasTX on X], Youtube: The Luke Macias Show
• Peter Navarro: Navarro Express Podcast

[Note: Strong, polarizing language used throughout; summary reflects the original tone and content.]

Transcript

[Unknown Female Commentator]

And county fulton county is right now the target the only county right now fighting over an election that already happened but it is coming to a place near you this is the beginning of the chaos of twenty twenty six that is about to ensue you put that.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Pretty clearly because many of us are wondering what is the fbi what is tulsi gabbard what are they all doing at this fulton county election hub what's your sense of what the goal is.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Here oh i mean we already know what the goal is create chaos create distrust you know manufacture a crisis that doesn't really exist i mean this is his playbook and there's nothing new about was not surprising when i got the phone call that they were there i knew exactly what they were trying to do trying to do which is to circumvent a case that is right now in state court that would set forth the procedure for review of these documents once again because we all know that they have been reviewed multiple multip and there has been found to be no fraud or maladministration but he was trying to circumvent a state court case that is due to come up on march ninth where there would be procedure to reviewing these documents there would be cost to the republicans to review this document and there would be only copying not originals taken of these documents but he decided to circumvent that civil court case that's happening right now and to bring in a criminal warrant to seize the original copies of ballots results tapes recap sheets and even envelopes from absentee ballots that contain people's personally identifiable information here and there i hope everybody's inspired to join together as a community of artists and speak out against what's going on and i'mma leave this and say ice.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

There are signs that they're trying to build a large detention center just forty.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Five miles outside the city so that's got to get through a lot of.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

State reviews let me just say that.

[Philadelphia DA or Official]

I'M going to be looking to see.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Is it on wet wetlands is there.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Zoning involved is there you know maybe.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Is there some you know snail snails.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

That are environmentally sensitive you'll be busy.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

You know so so i just want that's a warning sign i'm concerned about.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

But i think they know that if.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

You come after new york city you will destabilize the economic engine of the.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Country you do not want to go.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

There this is why we have the amazing music we have this is why we are able to export culture back what if we didn't have this culture to export where is the greatness right now america is in a situation where we are trying to fight for our greatness and our greatness is under attack by folks who believe that they are protecting it this is why i have an isal pen my parents were nigerians they came here they had seven kids all of them are doctors lawyers i myself i'm here so obviously i did something right and this designer that designed my dress she is all over the place we are making things happen and we're doing everything we can to pay homage to this lovely country that allowed us to thrive why would you say we got to go when where the reason is great but i don't know.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Where this goes like what's trump going.

[Luke Macias]

To do he's going to claim that.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

He won the twenty twenty election so he doesn't have to leave in in twenty twenty eight or he gets a do over of his presidency how does.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This all play out for you no.

[Unknown Male Political Analyst]

It'S a really great question i think it's really important to connect the dots between what we're seeing in minnesota what we're seeing in georgia and the kinds of legislation that we saw being proposed in washington dc this week donald trump cannot cancel the twenty twenty six midterms but what he's showing right now is that he has many many tool disposal including federal law enforcement if he wants to mess around deeply with them this could well be a dress rehearsal for interfering with election administration and vote counting in the twenty twenty six midterms and we are seeing it unfold right now in a crucial swing county we're also watching in minneapolis as law enforcement and immigration enforcement is making it so that people are afraid to leave the house and get groceries and go to work and go to school imagine what that means when it comes time to vote if you see this replicated in places like detroit and milwaukee and philadelphia along with atlanta on election day what does that mean for crucial governor and us senate races in addition to the handful of congressional races that could tip control of the us house and this week in the us house you saw the introduction of the mega act the so called make elections great again which is perhaps one of the most chilling and far reaching attempts at congressional vote suppression that this country has seen in decades that would go a long way towards demanding voter id toward purging voter rolls towards banning mail in voting you cannot look at all of these things all of these patterns and not fear for the free and fair elections coming up in november.

[Mike Davis]

Remember.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Breathe exhale.

[Mike Davis]

Inhale.

[Luke Macias]

Leftist.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

White women this is a karen intifada it is saw that online so right it's a karen intifada leftist white women i'm sorry i'm just going to put it on the line all of whom are unattractive most of whom are overweight the vast majority of whom clearly have no jobs nor any sex in their lives just seems really clear let's be honest okay if you're getting some at home you're not this angry all the time like don't we all kind of.

[Luke Macias]

Know that.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

They'Re pissed off there's a reason you don't see slim fit good looking women at these protests they're off living their beautiful lives every single one of these women is like they spent too much time with the lay's potato chips and the little debbies and not enough time getting some at home with some hot loving dude or a dude at all not that you can have you can have lovely lesbians i haven't seen any of them in minneapolis so that's part of what we're seeing here it's on the karen intifada which is a ban on federal agents wearing masks.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Or using unmarked vehicles how will you enforce that.

[Philadelphia DA or Official]

Well we're working with our mayoral administration our police department to to talk about these things i mean as you heard rda larry krasner is ready to prosecute any ice agents who are violating the law and what's really important is that in philadelphia our police department has a set of standards and rules that really build on police community relations.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

So we know what you want but are you gearing up for your police.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

Department to be at odds with ice to be enforcing some of these laws.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

That you're putting in place.

[Philadelphia DA or Official]

This is ongoing conversations with the police department this is this will be up to them but as i said our da is ready to prosecute folks who are not following the law most important thing is we're trying to set the standard right we are trying to show that our expectations of when you're in philadelphia and if they descend on philadelphia is you're not allowed to wear masks you're not wearing masks you got to show your badge and you got to use marked vehicles so we know who you are and what you're doing here i'm gonna.

[Mike Davis]

Say eyes.

[Peter Navarro]

We'Re not savage we're not.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Animals we're not aliens we are humans.

[Unknown Male Political Analyst]

And we are americans.

[Unknown Female Commentator]

We definitely have something to worry about and this is what he knows and this is this type of type of intimidation that keeps people home makes them afraid that the polls are going to become militarized i am concerned that that is going to happen that there are going to be police out at the polls and people are going to be like i'm not going to go the polls if i might think maybe there's a warrant out or maybe i have a case that is coming up of course people would react the way that way and this is exactly what he wants them to do but i always tell people i've been flooded on my social media well what can i do what can i do you need to protect your right to vote you need to check the roles to make sure that you're not purged you need to make sure that you're registered you need once a month to check your registration to make sure that it is valid and that you have everything that to be equipped to show up to the polls because the only way we can fight this this tyranny that he is bringing to our elections is to actually use our power and show up to vote.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This is.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

The primal scream of a dying regime.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Pray for our enemies because we're going medieval on this people's not got a.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Free shot all these networks lying about.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The people the people have had a.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Belly full of it i know you don't like hearing that i know you.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Try to do everything in the world.

[Peter Navarro]

To stop that but you're not going.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

To stop it it's going to happen.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

And where do people like that go to share the big lie maga media i wish in my soul i wish that any of these people had a.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Conscience ask yourself what is my task and what is my purpose if that.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

Answer is to save my country this.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This country will be saved war room here's your host stephen k banner.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

It'S.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Monday the second of february in the year of our lord twenty twenty six a political earthquake or was it yesterday in texas we're going to have luke macias on momentarily one of best political analysts grassroots in texas to break this down for us i want to go to mike davis though mike davis this insurrection which only gets more heated now they're saying president trump and fulton county does tie to minneapolis they're saying everything about the stolen election of twenty twenty all the investigations they're coming after tulsi gabbard this morning there's some leak there was some whistleblower about tulsi gabbard since she's overseeing this we've got a couple of minutes in this segment i'm going to hold you over the president announced hey we're going to really in the sanctuary cities protect the federal buildings and we're going to up armor on that but unless we're invited in by mayors of these sanctuary cities we may not be doing patrols right now the government's going to go through a shutdown unless they have some tiebreaker and it still means two weeks to negotiate the dhs budget of which they want to take out mass unmarked cars the guys got to wear their badges up on their everything to do that docks them they can't do patrols they're not indemnified you have to have a federal warrant from a judge to deport any illegal alien which means the fifteen million will be here in fifteen million years mike davis your overall thoughts of where we are.

[Mike Davis]

Sir we've talked about this before our most crucial sovereign power as we the people is controlling our border and controlling our populace and we didn't give that away to not not after the civil war not at our founding not after the civil war not in any subsequent congress we we the people demand that our federal government through the laws that we have passed through our elected representatives in congress we demand that these immigration laws are enforced right and president trump campaigned on this he campaigned on the fact he's going to secure our border and expel illegal aliens starting with the most dangerous among them trend ms thirteen and other violence criminals and president trump again is doing the unthinkable he's doing what he promised american voters he would do that's why he's a different politician in dc than almost all others because they never do what they say they're going to do in president trump is actually doing that he has been sabotaged every step of the way he won a broad electoral mandate to do this three hundred twelve electoral votes all seven swing states kept the house won a comfortable margin in the senate he's being sabotaged right they that you have these activist judges who are trying to sabotage the president of the united states executing federal immigration laws which is his constitutional duty the supreme court has largely stopped this judicial sabotage and now these activists are turned into violence on the streets and they're trying to get they're trying.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

To kneecap them in congress my cannot for one second we'll take a short commercial break mike davis luke maas next.

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

Do it today war room here's your host stephen k bannon mike davis on the legislation that we're putting forward on make elections great again it requires it's going to require vote an id to vote vote it's going to have a nationwide actual real purging of the voter rolls state by state so in some cases they got hundreds of thousands of and tom fenton tells me at least eight to ten million that could be purged if you did logically and they're going to put restrictions on mail in ballots so just not anybody can vote in a mail in ballot that you saw in the cold open they're saying that that would would destroy would destroy america the american constitution destroy the american.

[Mike Davis]

Republic your thoughts well congress has this power under the us constitution's elections clause where they congress can set the rules for federal elections so this is certainly within congress's power and i would say this to the democrats why are you so worried about having clean voter rolls why are you so worried about having voter id why are you so worried about having election security when illegal voters votes that cancels the vote for a legal voter right so if you actually care about democracy you would want secure elections but obviously the democrats don't want secure elections because the democrats had been rigging and stealing elections for decades including in twenty twenty when they used covid as an excuse to mass mail ballots to old voter lists including college students who have moved many times since the last election and covid somehow gets rid of the need for signature verification because covid apparently changes your signature and so democrats got rid of signature verification of course they don't want these measures because.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

They steal elections mike last night at the grammys virtually every i mean we could have done a thirty minute cold open just on every virtually every artist stood up there and the host everything ice out ice is destroying the country that illegal alien invaders are the people that actually make the country and make the country great again your thoughts on.

[Mike Davis]

That well first i don't i didn't watch the grammys because i don't want to watch mentally ill people for three hours on tv it'd be more fun to go to an insane asylum but i would say this who cares what these hollywood people think we had an election and we've had several elections where we've passed legislation including immigration laws and we the people demand that our border is secure and we control our population and no we don't want a bunch of third world marxist trash in america we learned that the hard way with the somali pirates in minneapolis mike this.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Is going to get very tough in the senate the next couple of weeks because the democrats think they got momentum and they think they got leverage over president trump no masks no unmarked cars you got to have your badge with your identification so your family you can get docs they can go terrorize your family you have to have a federal judge sign off on a warrant no patrols and no indemnity for the officers if all that passed first off you wouldn't have anybody in ice they'd all leave but we would not deport there'd be no mass deportations we would never even get to the to the bad hombres your thoughts about the perilous situation we're in in this negotiation quote unquote negotiations because there shouldn't be any negotiation on these topics on these issues with.

[Mike Davis]

Ice sir this is a hell no this is a red line we had an election and we the people with the sovereign power to control our border and populace made the decision that we want president trump and they're enforcing our decades old immigration laws and if any republican tries to cut a deal to undercut we the people's sovereign power as evidenced by this last election if any republican does this they must be primaried or republican voters should just stay home and let that republican get beats this is this is the ultimate betrayal to try to kneecap the president of the united states when he's doing his constitutional duty to enforce our federal immigration laws on behalf of we the people the sovereign citizens of america so any republican who tries to cut a deal on this can go to hell they need to be primary they need to lose.

[Luke Macias]

Their election.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

What would you say to the president the president says that he lost the country lost two points off of growth in the fourth quarter the growth could have been i don't know over five percent the atlanta fed i think is now saying four four and a half percent for the private economy not the federal spending they're quite worried that the democrats are going to use this to shut down the government he's got to really thread the needle here what would you say in this regard because it's a tough one for the president because you've already seen some wobbly ron johnson i love i think is already saying well we could have a conversation on body cameras if you have a conversation with these guys on anything they're gonna try to run the tables on you so what advice would you give the president knowing that the democrats actually wanna shut down the government to hurt the economy shut down the government.

[Mike Davis]

I mean the democrats shut down the government last time and they got their asses kicked by president trump shut it down again it's the democrat who needs all this government largest you know they need to it's the democrats who need to send money to their somali pirates for the votes right it's not republicans we don't we don't need the federal government to send money to freeloaders like they're somali pirates shut down the governments right the if democrats want to try to kneecap the president on immigration shut down the government that's the most crucial duty of the federal government is to secure our border and to protect us from an invasion of third world marxist.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Trash what would you say to tom holman there's this philosophy now particularly in the sanctuary cities in the you know california illinois new york minnesota and the sanctuary cities to protect president trump said he's not going to let happen what happened in portland oregon the other night and what happened in los angeles with these federal buildings but to put a shield around those and wait to be asked by the mayors and he said hey they got to ask and say please to go in and start to enforce immigration law what are your thoughts.

[Mike Davis]

On that the federal immigration law is the supreme law of the land under the constitution and the federal government should enforce federal law regardless of whether these modern day confederates democrat governors and mayors don't like federal law that's too bad right you have to enforce the law they certainly like to put their somali pirates on the on the federal dole right so we all americans have to pay federal taxes to support their freeloading third world migrants in these sanctuary cities if you're if we have to pay for this then we should enforce federal law so we don't have to keep paying for somali fraud in minneapolis right.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Now it's unclear you know ellison said he may allow tom homan and the ice team into these jails and prisons in minnesota which i hear there are hundreds of criminals illegal alien criminals but so far i don't think that's happened if they continue not to cooperate because essentially in illinois california and in minnesota and new york you have i think non compliance very different in texas florida other states where you don't see this problem but if they continue to not comply with the very basics which is to get the bad hombres into ice and get them out of the country what would you recommend to tom homan.

[Mike Davis]

I would say finish the job finish the job you look we don't have the resources with the federal government to chase down every illegal immigrant in america they are targeting the worst of the worst the most dangerous criminals out there and these democrats are coddling these very dangerous illegal immigrants because democrats care more about their own power than they do about the safety of americans in their states and in their cities so it's just collateral damage to these democrat politicians when women are getting raped and murdered when kids are getting raped when people are getting robbed when there are burglaries home invasions democrats democrat politicians do not care that's just the cost of doing business for them because they care about power more than they care about people.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Mike davis where do people get you now more than ever we need article three these are going to be huge legal fact one of the federal judges the other day backed ice but this is all going to fight through the courts there's going to be a huge fight in congress president trump they're trying to jam up president trump a bunch of weak republicans right now are you know starting to spit the bit and it gets back to we're going to do tarrant county in this the state senate seat in district nine what happened there because that was an earthquake are people just not showing up because they don't think we're taking enough action or they think we're winning too much and not showing up so mike davis social media you're putting great stuff up on twitter all the time and where do they go for your to go to article three to join up one final.

[Mike Davis]

Point immigration is a civil proceeding immigration enforcement it's not criminal we have never required judicial warrants to arrest illegal aliens and to deport them this would make it impossible for ice to do their jobs it's a red line it's unacceptable it's a hell no and any republican politician who goes along with judicial warrants for immigration enforcement needs to lose their job they need to be primaried or people just need to stay home and let them lose and it's article three projects dot org article number three projects dot org donates follow us on social media and again the war room posse superpower action action action and thank you.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Steve thank you brother good way to start off the week we're going to go to texas next luke mocius is going to join us as you remember he was here during the entire paxton impeachment gave us great guidance every day a couple things number one i told you this was going to happen the chinese communist party xi came out huge article over the weekend they're making all efforts this is part of the reasons they're having these discussions with great britain one of the reasons they're having these discussions with germany and france they're going full out to make their currency a prime reserve currency a reserve currency to compete with the united states of america now gold and silver have been all over the map ever since the announcement of kevin warsh as head of the federal reserve kevin warsh is a strong dollar guy he's also a hawk on interest rates kind of the polar opposite of president trump president trump is a kind of a dove on interest rates he wants low interest rates to spur growth and he's for a weaker dollar because it drives exports two different philosophies but gold and silver all over the map go to birch gold take your phone at text bannon b a n n owen at nine eight nine eight nine eight the ultimate guide to invest in gold and precious metals in the age of trump plus get direct access to philip patrick and the team they're going to get philip on tomorrow to walk us through everything's going on these turbulent capital markets.

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

This is all about a special election.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

For a texas state senate seat around fort worth that's exactly right texas nine texas nine because what happened in texas night it didn't just swing to the left it took a rocket ship to the left my goodness gracious the texas nine senate district election marches this was a district that donald trump won by seventeen points in twenty twenty four the democratic candidate in the special election on saturday hello won it by fourteen points that's an over thirty point shift to the left any republican unlike ron desantis who doesn't take this seriously they should realize that this is very perilous they ignore this result at their own peril ron desantis is right to say hey special elections can be quirky but this ain't no quirk congressman pete sessions from texas basically told me he said no democrat should ever win in north texas like this although we also said there was an ice storm thirty one points that's not an ice storm no that ain't no ice storm if you ignore this you're going to ice yourself out of a majority come the midterm all right when we look at these special.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Elections and this is something you and.

[Luke Macias]

I talk about a lot and look.

[Unknown Male Commentator]

At very closely in between the federal elections what can they tell us okay so you know you see this thirty one point shift to the left right if this were just one election that would be one thing but it's the slew of special elections that together paint a picture and it's a picture that democrats should love and a picture that republicans should be really worried about because what are we talking about here okay the average twenty twenty five twenty six special election democrats are doing get this twelve points better twelve points better than kamala harris did in twenty twenty four you know that was a state special election that happened in texas on saturday if you look at the federal special elections this twelve points is actually north of fifteen points on average i was looking back through the history books this looks a whole heck of a lot like what we saw during the twenty seventeen twenty eighteen cycle where you saw these democrats outperform it may not be.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Twenty seventeen twenty maybe twenty ten i mean people got to get focused on this bringing luke musias from the luke messias show luke you were great during the pax and impeachment every day you were on war room walking people through what the grassroots needed to do give us your assessment of what happened was it was it low turnout did the are the trump people frustrated are they just not focused i mean to have this election on a january and a saturday months after the first round i always thought was ridiculous i thought you should have it three or four weeks after the whatever texas law allowed have it in november early december and not wait but people did so you're the best at feeling at the grassroots what.

[Luke Macias]

Happened well i like our former texas gop chair matt rinaldi's views he said my view on the recent election results is that they completely validate all my political opinions disprove everyone who has disagreed with me and showed that if my faction got everything we want we would win every election every time so that's probably what almost every single person is saying right now i think there's an important thing that's missing out of that cnn piece when this election happened in november it already showed us that democrats had energy more energy than republicans you and i have talked offline about this problem steve two thousand less democrat votes were cast in the special election for taylor remitt in that swing even though he came short in the first round but more than twenty thousand people that came out and voted for a republican for senate in november did not come back out governor abbott actually called this as soon as he could by texas law there's some restrictions on mail in ballots and overseas people and things like that but the reality is that republicans did not take this race as seriously and i think there are three factors that we need to think about one is that there are some disenfranchised conservatives they're patriots they're people that you and i know very well that are just very frustrated with the lack of things that are happening but some of those people are not participating in elections the democrats think they are at war they think they are about to lose they think they're one election away from some fascist takeover of our country and that's their mentality so they're showing up in droves and honestly you don't even have to spend a lot of money talking to them the left doesn't have to talk to them tremendously they're just showing up where we're having to yell at our people so there's some disenfranchised individuals there's some republicans that just think we're winning they're consuming the daily media storm from fox news and other places and they just think republicans are winning democrats are losing what do i have to worry about and then the third thing and this is the most heinous part is that the other republican who lost this john huffman who's a more moderate republican he represents that bush moderate chamber of commerce establishment wing of the gop he was celebrating the night of this election and put a statement out basically saying that he and his people didn't feel that lee had done enough to ask them to vote and understand that that moderate wing is trying to not only in this special election but i think they're thinking about doing this for november is they're thinking about sitting out for any republican nominee that is a true strong conservative in an attempt to try to take the party back in the direction of the bush wing the moderates in the texas gop that have been out of power for a decade are already trying to recruit someone to try to take the party back so that they can get a texas gop chair who's not actually holding republicans accountable so you see a lot of different things at play here i'm sure there's several ways we could take this conversation.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Yeah look look one thing i don't think people are cognizant of maybe down here in texas but this guy was a machine shop foreman he's a part of a union and nothing about him personally but the energy you see in the democratic party is not your old democratic party the dsa and more of these far left wing you see with mondame you see it in minneapolis you nailed it these people believe they're at war if you go back to the make elections great again legislation we're asking for basic stuff voter id right purge the roles of people that are not eligible to vote in these districts anymore right and and just do some basic stuff on mail in ballots so they can't be abused like they've been in the past like signature verification very modest things they think it's the end of them because they know if that is enforced it is the end of them you have dsa working family party working family part dsa down in houston is already a pretty prominent thing you're seeing the tactics this was they had a grassroots movement this movement is energized because they do believe that president trump and maga is the end of them and they're fighting like it is the end of them we are not yet for some reason people are sitting there going hey president trump's in we've got the house we got the senate i look at various broadcasts all i see is winning it's too much winning and they have the energy to get out and these people are far left wing these are not moderates these are not old school texas democrats it's a whole different reality it's closer to what mandami stands for in new york city your thoughts.

[Luke Macias]

The war room posse is probably hearing this going what are you talking about because everybody i know knows we're at war and the truth is that's why they know who lee wambsgants is that's why those who were in tarrant county went out and voted for her the reality is though most of the republicans you know in your life do not have that mentality they don't believe that we're actually one election away from having democrats take a substantial amount of power back this is happening in the reddest county in america the the largest red county in america tarrant county fort worth arlington democrats have been trying to get a larger foothold in texas for a long time and they're going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars this election to do so the problem is if you just consume your average republican media you think we are winning they focus on the things that are happening and they talk about how dumb the left is but i think what you understand is that the left is energized you do not even have to tell them to vote i'm telling you these guys are just showing up and that's what i'm concerned about the republican party of texas was texting and reaching out to every republican the tarrant gop actually our local gop chair grassroots guy working really hard the statewide elected officials lee's campaign other outside groups reaching out to people there were individuals who got ten texts five mailers the addresses people talk to them they get invited to tele town halls with ted cruz and brandon gill and all these people and they didn't show up to vote and the democrats were showing up every single day so i think understanding just how much energy they have is really important but yeah i will say this cnn is not accurate to say this means that texas is going to shift by thirty points but what is an indicator of is the fact that they have way more energy on their side and if we don't wake up we are going to lose seats we otherwise wouldn't have lost and know that the moderate establishment forces in texas are doing everything they can to make sure that any conservative republican nominee does not farewell in an attempt to steer the entire party apparatus back.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Into the middle two things number one they think they're going to pull a colorado on texas you can see how they're already laying the issues down et cetera also twenty eighteen as i warn if you didn't focus on twenty eighteen and do the work that nancy pelosi was doing that summer she was she was promising they were going to impeach trump and they did impeach trump and that's going to happen my fear right now if you look at it it's not a twenty eighteen problem i think you have a twenty ten the great tea party revolt we won sixty sixty three seats these people are putting in the work and the effort and they have the energy what's the primary we're down here and we're going to spend the month in texas what is this primary on the third of march going to tell us about what our prospects are for november sir yeah my dad.

[Luke Macias]

Always told me that i was really good at running with the football before i caught it when i was a receiver and that's what often happens at the primary so look next month if you're over sixty five you might be getting a mail in ballot to your house if you requested one there's about five or six percent of the people that vote that way in two weeks you can go early vote and then you can go vote of course this election is four weeks from tuesday this thing is going to be upon us before we even know it and the reality is that there are a lot of liberal republicans especially in the rural areas that are being challenged by conservative challengers who should be held accountable now there's a really good opportunity we have to make sure that the republicans are on the ballot in november are actually the conservatives the ones who are going to walk the walk after they win in november so i think there's a massive battle going on in texas for the next thirty days you know this but seventeen republican incumbents lost their primary two years ago to conservative challengers we have been moving this state to the right consistently every single election cycle and this election cycle should be no no different so there's open seats that matter there are current champions in the legislature andy hopper david lowe brian harrison these guys who are being challenged from their left okay so the austin swamp has recruited people to try to take them out they are running so everybody needs to be on the alert and i just want to remind everybody you know this but if they vote and actually just post on their social media that they did vote that they researched the candidates that they know who actually are the good conservative choices they're going to have multiple friends reach out and not even know there's an election going on they're not going to cast one ballot they're going to cast two three four or five legally because they're actually informed so i think there's a really good opportunity here in the next thirty days and i hope we can keep talking about that thank you for coming down to texas to focus on these important.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Elections steve luke one more time before i let you go your advice and warning to the grassroots of texas the grassroots as texas goes so goes the nation and particularly president trump's presidency if we're to lose these midterms we lose the house it's going to be a very different deal starting in twenty twenty seven what is your advice and warning we got about a minute sir.

[Luke Macias]

First let's focus for the next thirty days on making sure that the republican ticket that we have going forward in november is one that we can be proud of and know with confidence is going to deliver on the promises that give us the energy to go out and tell every single person we know to go vote and then when that happens we have to make sure that we also don't start shooting other conservatives in our own party now we do have moderate forces in our party but we have really good conservative leadership that's actually been willing to be a voice for the grassroots everybody's really frustrated right now so i think we need to really hone in our frustrations on the most moderate forces in our party and try to minimize their influence win in march and then actually work our tails off knowing that the democrats are really really really angry really scared and we're not some of that lack of fear comes from our faith in christ but some of that just comes from a complacency we can't be complacent because if you wake up in november and democrats have made serious grounds you're going to have red counties that went blue you're going to have a house majority that has swung not just a little in democrats favor but a ton in democrats favor which gives them a lot of wiggle room to screw up the america first agenda for not just one cycle but the next ten years luke social media.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

And where do we get to your.

[Luke Macias]

Show sirkemaciastx on x and on youtube the luke macias show follow at any time we do once a week not every single day sorry steve i just don't have the stamina but we talk about what's happening in texas less than thirty minutes the inside of texas politics.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Sir you're terrific thanks for coming on this morning short break.

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

Here'S your host stephen k band welcome back make sure you go peter and i are going to talk doctor navarro we're going to go to the white house he's going to join us momentarily you know peter navarro is one of the best analysts and observers of what's going on with the chinese communist party not just their economics but also their military political all that she's come out over the weekend and let the cat out of the bag that he's very focused on making the chinese currency a competing reserve currency to the united states dollar that is something we've warned about for years this is why we did the end of the dollar empire because it's quite evident that the chinese communist party is going to kind of compete with us everywhere to become a hedgemon go to birchgold dot com comma promo code bannon enter the dollar empire you get all up to speed under five years we've been putting this out started when goal was a thousand golds all over the place now talk to philip patrick and the team do it today i'm trying to get philip on tomorrow so i've got a bunch of hitters in a row i got peter navarro i got peter schweitzer captain fennell natalie winters all we're going to talk about china geopolitics and your money and the foreign powers ccp in mexico assisting this invasion of the country doctor navarro i want to come on with you bring you up now by the way the president put out a very nice photo if we can put that up today and said some nice things about doctor navarro and yours truly and that is from peter navarro's wedding i think i was giving a toast to you peter it was a great your bride was absolutely beautiful bonnie you basically i think.

[Peter Navarro]

You were talking about the rise of gold man.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Well i had to you know i was given a toast i had to make it i thought and i'd get a sponsor hit in there just in case you had a pretty.

[Peter Navarro]

Prominent proof you were at the right.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Place exactly the gold river peter growth economic growth president i think is quite concerned about a government shutdown you know his theory is that hey it took a couple of points off of last year's growth as your guys economic plan particularly tariffs forcing manufacturing back here also the money cash coming in on tariffs the big beautiful bill the supply side tax cut it's all clicking i'm here in texas and the sunday paper in texas because they had a huge freeze last week peter it had this huge story on the front it said freezes over economy heats up in north texas and the dallas area i think things are starting to kick in as you guys forecasted how treacherous are the democrats right now because we talked with mike davis i mean they are really trying to jam us up on immigration enforcement particularly mass deportations with all these things they want from president trump including judicial warrants to basically deport anybody your thoughts sir.

[Peter Navarro]

Chapter thirty seven and the democrats hate trump more than they love this country this is just a variation on that theme i mean the shutdown will slow things down it'll cost people's jobs and it will lessen the good pressures to increase wages so i guess what's important as we move into the november cycle steve is just to keep reminding people of how we got to where we were when trump took over we were in one of the worst places we've been in since the great depression we had skyrocketing inflation we had a recession on the horizon we had real wages which were once again negative meaning that inflation was outrunning the wage level and donald trump has turned that around i mean twenty twenty six absent shocks like government shutdowns and things that could happen geopolitically is positioned to be steve one of the best years in this country's history it's pretty amazing it's all trump policy driven i mean the fountainhead is the drill baby drill policies because it's not just lower gas we pay and lower heating oil i mean it filters through transportation costs for companies fertilizer and food prices and the whole bottle of wax we've got the largest tax rebate coming in history in april for the middle class and that's going to be a tremendous economy we've seen eighteen trillion dollars of investment pledged and already beginning to bear fruits and one of the things i'm doing steve is i do these little three minute hits on the navarro express podcast where i look at the data and actually give you the right interpretation of the data for example this on friday they the producer price index came out and it was like people were like tearing their hair out oh it's inflationary this and the other thing but when you look beneath the hood of that the increase was driven purely by an artifact of i don't know if you know this steve but when the stock market goes up significantly it actually pushes the inflation index up but it's got nothing to do with meat and potatoes bread bread and things like that on the table and in fact the same ppi report showed what i've been watching very carefully is the rebirth of our manufacturing capacity so one hundred percent expensing on a big beautiful bill and then people are going to have money in their pockets it's not just the rebate it's the no tax on tips no tax on overtime and seniors no tax on sorry social security steve that's huge that's a big hit and of course the trade deficit i mean i've been saying this for ten years now it's like when you have a falling deficit that's reflected in higher gdp growth it's purely a mathematical equation and we were losing one to two percent of gdp every year for the last twenty years as our factories have gone offshore and now that's coming back so things look really good the new fed chair announcement i think you and i agree is puzzling in the sense that he has a reputation for being hawkish and a strong dollar guy and i always thought the term weakened strong dollar were wrong that's not what it's all about it's like what's a fairly valued dollar in a world of fair trade and it's been been hurting us and by the way you let off with the chinese steve it's like how is xi jinping going to create a global currency when they got like thirty years of history engaged in currency manipulation i mean why would any country want to tie their currency to the biggest currency manipulator in world history peter is doing that to avoid sanctions we.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Just want to hold you quickly i know you got a boat we just want to hold you quickly through the break the bold choice of president trump for fed chair kevin washington got some very interesting theories on productivity and how to grow with no inflation.

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