Episode 5125: Islam Grows In NYC And Will Spread Across The Country; MAGA Versus The Donors In Texas

Summary

Bannon’s War Room: Episode 5125

Date: February 6, 2026
Title: Islam Grows In NYC And Will Spread Across The Country; MAGA Versus The Donors In Texas
Host: Stephen K. Bannon
Notable Guests: Rep. Mark Harris (NC-8), Matt Boyle (Breitbart), Natalie G. Winters (Independent Journalist), additional high school activist, and others

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Overview

This episode of Bannon’s War Room focuses on two intersecting themes:

1. A mounting concern among some conservatives about the influence and visibility of Islam—including Sharia law—in the United States, especially in Texas and New York.
2. The high-stakes, establishment vs. grassroots struggle playing out in the Texas Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.

Discussion is marked by urgent language, warnings about cultural and political shifts, and a sense of impending conflict, both political and spiritual.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fears of Islam and Sharia Law in America

Timestamps: [00:08] – [13:45]

Opening Rhetoric:

• The episode opens with dire warnings about “Islamic jihadis” purportedly plotting to impose “Sharia compounds” in Texas and elsewhere.
• Calls for vigilance and expulsion of undocumented individuals:

  “They are not coming. They are already here. You are not here properly and you're going to leave.” [00:25]
  “On 3 March, Sharia law goes on the ballot in the state of Texas.” [00:40]
  “The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds.” [00:45]

School Event in Texas:

• Marco, a high school Republican club president, shares that a group called “Why Islam” hosted a table distributing hijabs, Qurans, and pamphlets about Sharia at Wiley East High School, Dallas area. He notes:

  “We’ve never had a faith group, to my understanding… I've never seen churches or Bibles passed out.” [02:20]

Local Incident of Terrorism:

• A guest from North Carolina details a recent foiled attack by a radicalized youth pledging allegiance to ISIS, underscoring concerns about radicalization:

  “An impressionable young man in our own North Carolina community was radicalized by violent Islamic ideology.” [03:23]

Diverging Views:

• A voice referencing Buddhist and Islamic context argues for compassion, citing migration as a core Islamic narrative and urging support for “the stranger”:

  “My own faith Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration. The story of the Hijra reminds us that Prophet Muhammad was a stranger too…” [05:42]

Policy Discussion:

• Steve Bannon previews Texas’ Proposition 10—a vote to prohibit Sharia law in the state.

Congressman Mark Harris Interview:

• Emphasizes incompatibility of Sharia law and the Constitution:

  “When you talk about Sharia law, you're talking about folks that are really trying to create an alternate political and legal system…” [07:49]

• Calls for education and spiritual mobilization, quoting biblical principles:

  “Recognize the emergency, rely upon God's power, and thirdly, be relentless in your efforts.” [12:23]

• Notes the launch of a “Sharia Free America Caucus” in Congress.

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2. Texas Republican Senate Primary: MAGA vs. Establishment

Timestamps: [16:28] – [29:51]

Setting the Stage:

• Bannon sets up the Texas GOP primary as a microcosm of the ongoing fight between the MAGA grassroots and the donor-backed establishment, represented by John Cornyn.
• Cites close polling: Paxton, Hunt, and Cornyn “dead heat,” with Cornyn in danger of falling below runoff contention.

Matt Boyle (Breitbart) Analysis:

• Primary dynamics:
  • Over $50 million spent, mostly by Cornyn and donors, yet he’s possibly in third.
  • Hunt, a respected Army vet, is viewed as a wild card challenging both Paxton and Cornyn.
  • The outcome will resonate beyond Texas, potentially impacting national party resources and Senate control.

  “This is a total defenestration of the donor class. And I mean, it's the biggest embarrassment I've ever seen.” [20:40]

  • Debate over whether Trump, under donor pressure, will back Cornyn.

  “I think Trump's been very apprehensive to do that… I think Paxton or Hunt actually does better in a general election…” [27:00]

• Implications: National attention, resource allocation, and party realignment are at stake.

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3. Responding to Muslim Identity and Diversity in America

Timestamps: [30:54] – [35:35]

“Standing with the Stranger” Speech Revisited:

• The earlier faith-based argument for protecting and embracing migrants/outsiders is replayed before Natalie G. Winters’ commentary.

Natalie G. Winters’ Reaction:

• Dismisses the quoted Muslim speaker’s points, linking Islamic migration to “1400 years of destruction,” and rejecting Islam as meaning “peace”:

  “That's the most ridiculous euphemism I've ever heard… for 1400 years of destruction, conquest, rape and pillaging at the gates of Europe…” [32:53]

• Criticizes Republicans for inaction and redundancy on Sharia, blaming them for not safeguarding national identity.

  “This was a debate that was settled a decade ago. And Steve, like you've always said, the future of American politics is right wing populism and left wing populism.” [34:31]

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4. The Left’s Organizational Sophistication & Warnings of “Color Revolution”

Timestamps: [35:35] – [43:15]

Natalie Winters’ Reporting:

• Details Democrat-organized, AI-driven protest planning, referencing a Harvard report led by Erica Chenoweth and its integration of military-grade tech:

  “They're talking about basically how to integrate AI, particularly AI with military use cases… into the landscape of Democrat protests.” [36:28]

  • Cites VR, drones, sentiment analysis, predictive modeling—“this is war.”

Bannon and Winters:

• Warn that such organization, left unchecked by the Republican establishment and DHS, leaves the right in a perpetual state of catch-up.

  “DHS is treating this issue as something about optics and protests as opposed to color revolution and militant agitators. You meet force with force.” [40:19]

• Warns that Democratic actors intend to “destroy” the United States, calling for more serious counteraction.

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5. Culture War and Music

Timestamps: [47:05] – [51:44]

• Bannon introduces a song by Natasha Owens as a “response” to Bruce Springsteen, reflecting disillusionment with celebrity “elites” and championing blue-collar values.
• Owens' lyrics criticize Springsteen’s politics and perceived detachment from the “working man”:

  “You preached from your mansion but you don't know the cost. I thank God you're not the boss.” [47:55]

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6. Minnesota, Protests & Sharia Law

Timestamps: [51:44] – [53:11]

• Mike Lindell, calling in from Mar-a-Lago, discusses his run for MN governor and campaign against progressive “protesters” in Minneapolis.
• Promises to “ban sharia law” if elected and to restore order against disruptive protests.

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Notable Quotes

• “They are not coming. They are already here. You are not here properly and you're going to leave. On 3 March, Sharia law goes on the ballot in the state of Texas.” — Host/Guest, [00:25]
• “Islam will never dominate the United States. By the grace of God, it will not dominate Texas.” — [01:00]
• “When you talk about Sharia law, you're talking about folks that are really trying to create an alternate political and legal system that runs completely counter to who we are as Americans…” — Rep. Mark Harris, [07:49]
• “This is a total defenestration of the donor class. And I mean, it's the biggest embarrassment I've ever seen.” — Matt Boyle, [20:40]
• “That's the most ridiculous euphemism I've ever heard… for 1400 years of destruction, conquest, rape and pillaging at the gates of Europe…” — Natalie G. Winters, [32:53]
• “DHS is treating this issue as something about optics and protests as opposed to color revolution and militant agitators. You meet force with force.” — Natalie G. Winters, [40:19]
• “You preached from your mansion but you don't know the cost. I thank God you're not the boss.” — Natasha Owens, [47:55]

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• [00:08] – Episode kicks off with warnings about Islamic influence.
• [01:28] – High school event with Islamic outreach recapped.
• [03:23] – NC guest recounts ISIS-inspired terror plot in his district.
• [06:08] – Proposition 10 (Texas anti-Sharia ballot measure) and intro to Congressional guest.
• [07:23] – Rep. Mark Harris’ interview, deep dive on Sharia concerns.
• [16:28] – Bannon and Matt Boyle start deep analysis of the Texas Senate GOP primary.
• [32:22] – Natalie G. Winters eviscerates “Islam=Migration” rhetoric.
• [35:35] – Natalie G. Winters on leftist “AI war gaming” and “color revolution.”
• [47:05] – Natasha Owens’ musical response to Bruce Springsteen.
• [51:12] – Mike Lindell outlines plans for Minnesota and crackdown on Sharia/protesters.

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Tone & Language

• Urgent, combative, populist: Calls to action, warnings of existential conflict, and pride in grassroots opposition.
• Dismissive of ‘establishment’ and mainstream media; fiercely tribal support for MAGA-aligned candidates.
• Heavy use of religious, anti-globalist, and culture war framings.
• Frequent references to “spiritual war,” “Marxist cabals,” and “color revolutions.”

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Summary for Listeners

This episode is a rapid-fire blend of political alarm, strategy analysis, and grassroots activism. It covers:

• Alleged threats of Islamic culture and law supplanting American norms, using Texas and New York as examples, and advocating for legislative action (Prop 10).
• Texas’s Republican primary as a battleground between MAGA grassroots (Paxton, Hunt) and the entrenched donor class (Cornyn), with significant national consequences.
• Claims of Democratic/left-wing “color revolution” strategies built on technological sophistication and AI.
• A song segment and rhetoric reinforcing the culture war divide, valorizing working- and middle-class perspectives.
• A Minnesota gubernatorial candidate’s promise to crack down on disruptive protest and prohibit Sharia law.

If you’re interested in the intersection of conservative populism, Republican Party dynamics, and hot-button culture clashes, this is a quintessential War Room episode—full of combative analysis and activist urgency.

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For further reading/information:

• Matt Boyle: Breitbart.com, social media @BoyleOne.
• Rep. Mark Harris: “Rep. Mark Harris NC08.”
• Natalie G. Winters: nataliegwinters.substack.com.

Next episode preview: More “experts,” continued coverage of Texas Prop 10, and cultural contestations.

Transcript

[A]

Islamic jihadis are plotting against you. Why in the hell you think they're in Houston and the north of Dallas? They are working together to overthrow Western civilization, Sharia compounds which are areas governed by religious rules. We know who you are, we know what you are, and we know what you're trying to accomplish, and it is not going to happen. In the jewel of the crown of the union of this republic, we purge any attempt to impose Sharia law in Texas. They are not coming. They are already here. You are not here properly and you're going to leave. On 3 March, Sharia law goes on the ballot in the state of Texas. The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds with one another. We're going to tell them, take your Sharia law and shove it.

[B]

Islam will never dominate the United States. By the grace of God, it will not dominate Texas.

[A]

As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country? War room, Texas. Your host, Stephen K. Bannon starts right now.

[B]

Hello.

[A]

Tell me the story what happened today?

[C]

Okay, so I'm Marco. I'm the president of the High School Republicans at Wiley East High School. And today there was an organization called why Islam that had a huge table booth in our. In front of our school today, and they were giving hijabs to Muslim girls out throughout the high school, and they were giving out Qurans and they also had pamphlets about Sharia law and other Islamic things. And they were giving out these bags. And I had a discussion with the women that were there, and we're trying to understand what's going on.

[A]

Was everybody in the hijab?

[C]

So there was. They were passing out to as much. I mean, girls as they could. So that was their goal.

[B]

How many people, how many students took those baths?

[C]

I don't have an exact number of how many people took them, but I can say that they were trying to get as much out as they could.

[A]

And it was during the school day, right?

[C]

Yes, it was during lunch.

[A]

During lunch.

[C]

And we typically have colleges come out. We have our clubs, have tables, but we've never had a faith group, to my understanding.

[A]

So Christians have never been allowed to come.

[C]

From what I've seen, I've never seen churches or Bibles passed out. I can't affirm that that's 100%, but what I can say is that this was a big thing that they wanted to push out today.

[A]

Okay, thank you, sir.

[B]

Thank you.

[D]

Thank you for letting me know thank you.

[E]

Radical Islam poses a threat not only in places like Mondami's, New York, but right in my home state of North Carolina and is spreading across the United States. Just this past New Year's eve in my 8th district of North Carolina, the FBI foiled a planned terrorist attack. Christian Sturtevant, an 18 year old from Mint Hill, North Carolina, a suburban town in my district, intended to use knives and hammers to massacre people at a local grocery store and a fast food restaurant. He had pledged his allegiance to ISIS at the young age of 14, aspired to martyrdom, and hoped to kill as many people as possible before dying at the hands of police. This is real life. Thank God the Charlotte FBI intercepted this plot in time. But this incident should alarm every American. An impressionable young man in our own North Carolina community was radicalized by violent Islamic ideology. Picture families losing loved ones while simply celebrating an American holiday or running errands. That's the deadly hatred radical Islam fuels. We also see troubling signs of broader influence, including sympathy for Sharia law over the United States Constitution. A poll by the center for Security Policy found that over half of us Muslims surveyed believe Muslims should have the option of sharia courts or tribunals instead of or alongside. While views vary and many American Muslims fully embrace our constitutional system, substantial support for Sharia among Muslims indicate alignment with Islamist political goal. An Islamic theocracy.

[F]

I think of the freedom from suffering that Buddhism teaches us is only possible if we remove the three poisons of desire, hatred and ignorance from our daily lives. We need not accept suffering as unchangeable. We need not treat hatred as the natural state. We have the power to set ourselves free. And I consider my own faith Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration. The story of the Hijra reminds us that Prophet Muhammad was a stranger too, who fled Mecca and was welcomed in medina. Surah Nahl 1642 tells us, as for those who immigrated in the cause of Allah after being persecuted, we will surely bless them with a good home in this world. Or as the Prophet Muhammad said, Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange. So glad tidings to the strangers. If faith, If faith offers us the moral compass to stand alongside the stranger, government can provide the resources. Let us create a new expectation of city hall where power is wielded. To love, to embrace and to protect. We will stand with the stranger.

[A]

Today it is Friday 6th February, in the year of our Lord 2026. We are shifting now every Friday and Wednesday to the 5 o' clock show, War room, Texas. We're going to be here through the primary because of one reason, because we need to be here to make sure we report every day this issue about Sharia law being on the ballot. Proposition 10, the prohibiting of Sharia law in the great state of Texas. Matt Boyle, the editor of Breitbart, is going to be with us. Probably the most expensive primary in the history of this country taking place right now. The senatorial primary between Hunt, Paxton and Cornyn looks like a dead heat by a polling firm. He's going to be on here. Very controversial. I want to start with Congressman Mark Harris of the great state of North Carolina. Congressman Harris, I think people would consider you in the House of Representatives one of the top experts on Islam and Sharia. You kind of had a called shot the other day. You were at the caucus, I think, on Tuesday, and you talked about Mandami, that was the mayor of the city of New York lecturing American citizens on the Quran and the Hadith. Your thoughts, sir?

[G]

Well, Steve, first of all, thank you for having me today. It's an honor to be with you. And listen, I was amazed to see that I had not seen that before. I saw it just a few moments ago. And. And for him to lecture us as Americans on this critical issue is missing so many of the points. I mean, obviously, he's building his case for how he is trying to transform New York and how he would like to transform the rest of America. But the things that we're talking about and what the caucus was talking about the other day is recognizing the reality that when you talk about Sharia law, you're talking about folks that are really trying to create an alternate political and legal system that runs completely counter to who we are as Americans and counter to what we believe in as the United States Constitution. And I think that's what's at risk here. And I think that as we laid out the other day there at the caucus, the things that they are involved in and supporting, whether it be stoning to death for those that have somehow been unfaithful to their cause, for those that have committed apostasy by leaving Islam. Listen, radical Islam is a serious, serious problem. And it's not just in Mandami's New York. This is a problem, as I pointed out in my own district, a very quiet suburban area just outside of Charlotte, Mint Hill, North Carolina, where a young man was radicalized at the age of 14, pledged his commitment, evidently, to ISIS. And here we are at age 18. He was prepared to carry out the week of New Year's, a mass killing where he was going into a local grocery store and a fast food restaurant and there he was going to kill people and was prepared to die and at the hands of police. So this is a serious issue. I'm so grateful for you calling attention to it. I'm grateful for you standing with the people in Texas to understand what's at stake and we've got to be united and we've got to speak very, very strong.

[A]

Congressman, you have been on this before you even got into politics and into Congress. We've had people since we started the show two weeks ago and I tell folks we've launched a lot of warm impeachment, warm pandemic. We've never had an explosive nature of this. We've had people from Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina all say, hey, look, if you can't do a war, we need to come on the show and talk to people what is the issue? And those states I named are principally in the American South. This is a targeted operation. What do you believe it's going to take to have our fellow countrymen wake up to what this situation is and how this is a very well thought through invasion of our country?

[G]

Well, I think it's got to be an education process, Steve. We've got to just what you're doing. We've got to get the word out. We've got to educate people about what's at risk here because this is not just something that is just going to come along and that we just tolerate. Again, the goal ultimately is to provide an alternative political and legal system that they want to put in place that runs counter to to who we are. I mean, Islam means to submit when you really get down to it ultimately. And when you consider that they want us to submit to Sharia law, that law that's extremely dangerous. And listen, I remember several years ago to going to the state legislature and standing with other folks conservatives there in the North Carolina General assembly to pass a statute there that would certainly recognize our courts and our law in North Carolina above Sharia law. And we've got to make sure that while this movement has only grown and continued to be underground with the Sharia, they've come out from underground and they're seeking to make it something stronger. And we have got to step up and speak up and make clear that folks are going to take their stand and they have the opportunity there in Texas with this vote that's going to be coming up on March 3rd to.

[A]

Do just that, Congressman Harris, we're fighting, obviously a political fight down here, but this is spiritual war. The Catholic Church, the mainstream Protestant churches, the evangelical community. Do you believe that the churches are stepping up here to the degree they have to to identify and combat this?

[G]

I believe they have to. Steve and I haven't been in Texas recently, so I don't know how strong they're standing. I know in North Carolina we have stood when we really had to stand up and speak up. And I think that's going to be critically important. Listen, believers do need to recognize this is spiritual warfare. We need to go back to the Book of Nehemiah, chapter 2, verse 17 and 18, where Nehemiah saw the walls torn down, thieves and foreign invaders came in and raped and pillaged the land. God gave him a vision in Nehemiah 2, 17 and 18 of what needed to happen. And it came down to three things. Recognize the emergency, rely upon God's power, and thirdly, be relentless in your efforts. And that's a word that God has given me. In fact, I shared it with a group just earlier today because I do believe that ultimately we've got to step one, open our eyes and awaken to the emergency that is happening right here before us. Then we've got to rely upon God's power, His word, which is truth. And when we understand his word is truth, then we thirdly become relentless in our efforts to standing on that truth, spreading that word and helping folks stand in the midst of this challenge in front of us.

[A]

Congressman Mark Harris from North Carolina 8 is one of the founding members of the Sharia Free America Caucus on Capitol Hill. Congressman, thank you for joining us on a Friday. Where can people go to find out more about you, your website and also your social media?

[G]

Sir, you can go to Rep. Mark Harris NC08 and find out more about us there. And let me just say this in closing. I am so thankful for Congressman Keith Self, Congressman Chip Roy who founded this caucus. And I'm honored to stand with them and grateful for their strong leadership there in Texas and for what they're bringing across the country.

[A]

Thank you, brother. Appreciate you, Congressman. Congressman Harris been on this from the beginning, warning people. You see what's happening now, we got a real fight on our hands down here in Texas. We're going to take a short commercial break. Capital markets stock market on fire today a little bit broke 53,000. The Dow Jones president Trump sent a true social on that gold. Gold is still all over the map but you know, teasing 5,000. It's not the price is the process. Take your phone out. Text Bannon B A N N O N at 989-898. Get the ultimate guide for investing in gold and precious metals. No obligation, totally free. And you can get access to Philip Patrick and the team. Do it today. Matt Boyle, the national political editor of Breitbart News about this, what can I say? The most expensive race in history.

[H]

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[A]

Do it today. As Texas goes, so goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country? Okay, historic primary going on in the in the Senate, Ken Paxton, the attorney general, Wesley Hunt, a former army attack helicopter pilot from West Point, and John Cornyn, a former, I think Supreme Court judge who has been in the Senate for term after term after term are in a dogfight. Polling the other day from JPL had Paxton at 27, Hunt at 26, cornered at 26 with about 20% undecided. That sent earthquakes off. There's been accusations by the Corning campaign that they're a British firm and trying to. These are the Brits trying to intrude. But as Matt Bull just informed me, another poll just came out with Paxson, 26, Hunt 25, Cornyn in third at 22, Matt Boyle. There's an earthquake going on down the great state of Texas, sir. This will end up being the most expensive primary, Republican primary, I believe in the history of the country. What's your perspective as national political editor, Breitbart?

[D]

Yeah, well, the fact that we're just a few weeks out from this primary and I think your assessment of this is right. I can't think of another race that is more expensive. I've been doing this for 15 years and I can't think of one. And by the way, it's all one candidate and his allies that are spending all the money. Right. So that's, that's Cornyn and the donor class that are all in for him. They've spent. It will be a north of $50 million primary effort by John Cornyn. The fact that we are a few weeks out from that and Cornyn appears to be at least in some surveys, right. Like looking like he might not even make the runoff. The way Texas works, you know, in their primaries on March 3 is that if nobody gets 50% plus one vote, then the top two vote getters advance to a runoff later in the spring. And it looks like right now, at least based off these latest two surveys, one from JL Partners that has Paxton at 27 and both Cornyn and Hunt at 26 and then this latest signal survey that again has, you know, Cornyn even further down that the pot, it's a very real possibility that we could see a runoff between Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt that doesn't even include the longtime senator, despite the fact that he's blown tens of millions of dollars in this race and his allies have. I mean, this would be, by the way, to put this in perspective.

[H]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, go ahead.

[A]

No, no, but I just want the audience to understand, particularly as people outside Texas that watch us is just insert Mitch McConnell for John Cornyn. He's been, he's one of Cornyn's leadership teams for, for decades. Right. So this, this is about this Republican, it's hardcore Republican establishment.

[D]

But by the way, he was a handful of votes, I don't know the exact numbers off the top of my head, but he was a handful of votes just over a year ago away from being the Senate Republican leader and successor to Mitch McConnell and ended up falling to Thune in a three way race that happened. Remember, Rick Scott got in and tried to challenge it and shook the whole thing up. But Cornyn was only just a handful of votes away from being Mitch McConnell's successor. And so for us to be a little over a year later now and he's on the cusp of possibly not even making the runoff in his own primary after spending tens of of dollars. This is a total defenestration of the donor class. And I mean, it's the biggest embarrassment I've ever seen. The guys at the Senate Leadership Fund, if the Senate goes Democrat in November, we will look back at this moment and say this is why, because they blew tens of millions of dollars on a guy that is struggling very badly right now. And now, that being said, again, nothing's over until it's over, until votes are counted and so on and so forth. And no votes have been cast yet. So it's not over yet. But what we're seeing here are early signs that the Republican establishment is in total collapse in the state of Texas. And, and frankly, there's a lot of things to like about both Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt. I, I know both of them personally. By the way, I know John Cornyn personally too. I've, I've interviewed him many times over the years. I have nothing personal against Senator Cornyn. But what I'm telling you is, is that what the numbers seem to suggest, what we're seeing right now is that Cornyn appears to be in collapse a few weeks before this primary date and may not even make the runoff election if that happens. That is an earth shattering development. I would also add too that Cornyn's campaign and super PAC and allies are out there attacking the JL Partners pollster Jason Johnson and his polling firm, you know, falsely accusing them of being a British company. They're not a British company. It is an American company. I spoke to the pollster in the lead up to this appearance here today because it's. Steve, we talked about this earlier today that we were going to talk about it. So I called the pollster just to be sure. The attacks that Cornyn himself, like if you go to John Cornyn's Twitter account X account, he has attacks that are false. That by the way, the original person who posted them with the false information in them has deleted that. But Corn and Sweet was still up as of 10 minutes ago last time I checked, falsely attacking this American company, calling it a foreign company and also falsely claiming that they're working for Wesley Hunter affiliated entities. This poster is not working for Wesley Hunt or it's affiliated or you know, any like super PAC supporting Hunt or anything like that. So. And now we have a second poll, this one from Signal, which again is another legitimate pollster that is suggesting that this, this is not a fluke and that this Appears to be right.

[A]

This, this was, this race has been a year in the buildup. We both would know Paxton very well. He's the darling of the grassroots movement here. He was the first guy we had on the show after, on the afternoon after Joe Biden had the phony inauguration back on the 20th of January, 2021. And you know, Paxson said, hey, where Biden administration is inside the Constitution, I'll work with them. Where they're going to be outside, I'm going to fight him. I think the next day he filed his first lawsuit. He's been the. This was supposed to be grassroots versus McConnell. This is supposed to be MAGA versus the donors. And yet Wesley Hunt did join here. He's a guy that's revered, combat record and West Point grad. Walk me through the five dimension chess here because we were supposed to be talking about a dead heat between Coryn and in Paxton and now we have a third element involved in what's. You are right. Shocking that Cornyn's in third place. How. Tell me how you think this is.

[H]

Going to play out.

[D]

Yeah, and like I said, I'm not taking sides in this. I'm just trying to analyze it for you. Right. Like, so I like all three people personally. Right. Like all three candidates. And I will say, you know, obviously I think Cornyn is the establishment guy, but, you know, I've always got along with him well personally. But I will say this. I think that, you know, Ken Paxton is the, he's revered by the base.

[B]

Right.

[D]

Obviously he was vehemently, viciously weaponized government attacked against him. They went through the same impeachment rigamarole that they did to Donald Trump, to Ken Paxton in the Texas legislature. He fought it, he won, he beat them just like Trump did. And so there's a lot of similarities there. Wesley Hunt is a really also interesting, interesting character. And I think, you know, also to, you know, I've seen some people out there trying to suggest that like he's a plant by Corning or something like that. I don't think so. I think Wesley Hunt is, you know, a, a genuinely honest person. I've met with him a bunch of times on Capitol Hill. I think the world of him. I think he's a great leader inside the House Republican Conference and he's been a member of the House for several years now, has a really powerful personal story and his service in, you know, dating back to West Point and beyond. Really fascinating guy. And so I think that both of those two candidates are drawing so the Dynamic here is that the Hunt campaign is kind of the surprise up the middle that could finish off Corning and before we even get to the runoff. Right, because the conventional wisdom was. Oh, because you got all these also ran candidates out there too, right. Like, and so nobody was going to get to 50% on March 3 anyway. So it was always going to go to a runoff. And the conventional wisdom was always that it was going to be Paxton versus Cornyn and it would be another $150 million between the primary and the in the runoff. That's out the window. Now, we could see a scenario where there's a runoff between any combination of the three, right? So we could see Paxton Hunt. We could see Hunt Cornyn. We could see Paxton Cornyn. Right, like so.

[A]

But hang on one second. The president just won the state by 14 points on the greatest comeback in history. Isn't the pressure of the Senate Leadership Fund and all the donors, they're banging on President Trump every second, every day, say, look, we can't afford a huge runoff here. And in the general, Hunt and Paxton are going to get smoked by a rising, more energized Democratic Party that you got a back corner. And this gives us money to spread into other races like in North Carolina, in New Hampshire and Michigan that desperately need. It isn't the pressure. We got about a minute. I'd love to. I know you can't, we can't hold you through, but is President Trump going to get involved here? Is the Senate Leadership Fund going to talk about him into coming in and back in? Cornyn?

[D]

Well, they're certainly trying, Steve. They're desperately trying. But I don't think, I think Trump's been very apprehensive to do that. But that being said, I also challenge that conventional wisdom that Cornyn's the better candidate in the general election. Look, the Democrats are very likely going to dominate Jasmine Crockett, who's a radical crazy crackpot, as their candidate. And so again, and what you're gonna see here is that I think Paxton or Hunt actually does better in a general election against them. And so those very same donor class Republicans are blowing money that could be used to help Mike Rogers up in Michigan or, you know, Tafoya in Minnesota or Sununu up in New Hampshire, you know, Whatley in North Carolina, et cetera, they're blowing this money in Texas on a primary for a candidate who's weaker in a general election. So I think it's going to be a total defenestration of the donor class on March 3rd Matty B.

[A]

We got 30 seconds. Where do people go to get all your great writing and your show? Where they go?

[D]

Yeah. Breitbart.com I host Breitbart News Saturday on Sirius XM 10am to 1pm and then also Boyle One on X and at RealMattBoyle on Truth Social.

[A]

Matt Boyle, thank you taking time away today. Brilliant analysis. Thank you, sir. Short commercial break. We're going to return with War Room Texas in just a moment.

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So goes the nation. As the nation goes, so goes the world. Are you prepared to fight for this state? Are you prepared to fight for your country? Welcome back. This Senate primary has not just national implications, but global implications. We're gonna be all over it. This is what people are talking about. What a post Trump MAGA looks like. You got the donor class all in for Cornyn. And Matt had some very complimentary words. I mean, Senator Cornyn. The problem is he's just been part of the establishment for decade after decade after decade, really hasn't done anything on Capitol Hill. You need new blood there. You got Wesley Hunt. You got Ken Paxton. Ken Paxton is in a tough fight. So we're going to cover this with daily updates. So vitally important. Plus it is sucking up an unbelievable amount of resources. Natalie G. Winters is going to join us, but I have a special for Natalie. Let's Go ahead and play this clip. And I want Natalie G. Winters. Her commentary is only she can give it. Let's go and let her up.

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I think of the freedom from suffering that Buddhism teaches us is only possible if we remove the three poisons of desire, hatred and ignorance from our daily lives. We need not accept suffering as unchangeable. We need not treat hatred as the natural state. We have the power to set ourselves free. And I consider my own faith, Islam, a religion built upon a narrative of migration. The story of the Hijra reminds us that Prophet Muhammad was a stranger too, who fled Mecca and was welcomed in medina. Surah Nahl 1642 tells us, as for those who immigrated in the cause of Allah after being persecuted, we will surely bless them with a good home in this world. Or as the Prophet Muhammad said, Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange. So glad tidings to the strangers. If faith, If faith offers us the moral compass to stand alongside the stranger, government can provide the resources. Let us create a new expectation of city hall where power is wielded. To love, to embrace and to protect. We will stand with the stranger today.

[A]

Natalie Winters I think this explains better than anything why we're in Texas in the run up to this vote on Proposition 10, the prohibiting of Sharia law in the state of Texas. Your thoughts about what you just heard and saw, ma'?

[B]

Am?

[I]

Thank you for making me watch that twice. I almost wish we were operating like the Washington Post here. You could have fired me so I didn't have to watch that. I don't know what sentence in that is the most ridiculous one. I think I would probably go with my personal favorite quote. I consider my own faith, Islam, a religion built upon narrative of migration. That's the most ridiculous euphemism I've ever heard. For what, 1400 years of destruction, conquest, rape and pillaging at the gates of Europe from a religion that has so many problems we don't have enough time to list on this program. I'd point him to his own book, the Hadith quote. I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim. So, like we always hear, Islam means peace. No, it doesn't. It means submission. The fact that you're even seeing that be said with a official seal of the United States, New York City behind him truly makes me sick to my stomach. But honestly, Steve, my anger, though it is partly directed at this. Whatever Islam fascist uprising we're seeing right now, it's at weak Republicans who have allowed this. I'm not that old, but I remember what was it back in 2016 at the peak of culture wartime? We already had this debate and we settled it. I don't know why we need to have redundant, tautological caucuses in Congress which are Sharia free America. America is a Sharia free place. We don't need to reinforce that. But you know why we have to? Because even though we, the grassroots, the war room posse, we won the idea war. Where have Congressional Republicans, where have Senate Republicans, where have any actual Republicans in leadership been to actually prevent the Islamicization of America, Whether it's homegrown radicalism, the importing of foreign migrants, it's absolutely reprehensible. This was a debate that was settled a decade ago. And Steve, like you've always said, the future of American politics is right wing populism and left wing populism. And now because our Republican betters didn't stand in the breach and actually do anything to combat this, you're seeing this weird amalgamation where left wing populism is looking more like the Hamas protester crowd, where you're getting this fusion with radical Islam. I'm just so sick and tired. You see it rearing its ugly head right now with the way that they're reframing mass deportations of these Republicans who don't think that America is a civilization or a country that's worth defending. And I'm so glad we have a Sharia free caucus in America, but I'm more upset that we have to have that in the first place and that we have to even watch clips like that. That should be an AI deepfake that's getting censored as misinformation, not actual government policy that a few weeks from now is probably going to look like more of the immigration policy of this administration is pushing than something that's just straight plucked out of the Quran or the Hadith.

[A]

With your brilliant research in the Chinese Communist Party, you became one of the, with Mike Benz and Rahim, some other people, one of the foremost theoreticians in understanding the color revolution and how it's playing out throughout the country, have been reporting on that with exclusives. While we're having to set up a Sharia free caucus with only 33 people in it, I might add, and have it on the ballot down here to prohibit in the state of Texas. You're reporting. Walk me through the exclusives. The people on the other side of the football are playing for keeps and they're not messing around. And I don't think the Warren Posse gets it, but we have to make sure that elected officials and even people in the administration walk me through this exclusive because I'm not sure people understand the lethality and the seriousness of what we're up against, ma'.

[B]

Am.

[I]

I mean they say it's defending democracy, but it reads like a war plan. They're talking about basically how to integrate AI, particularly AI with military use cases. I'm even talking VR and drones, that's virtual reality reality into the landscape of Democrat protests. There was sort of a quiet meeting that was held at Harvard in late 2024 that kicked this whole initiative off. They distilled it into a report called How AI Can Support Democracy Movements. It was led by Erica Chenoweth that we've reported on extensively here. Not just because her resume is full of USAID grants and lectures, but because she's hardwired into the Democratic Party apparatus. She's co hosted protest planning events alongside Democrat members of Congress, most recently Pramila Jayapal with their whole resistance labs. If people remember that the phone calls they were holding these mass training demonstrations. But I wanna just read the quotes from what they're planning. The integration of AI into these protests. But I want the audience to really pay attention. This is not run of the mill practicing slogans and chanting this is war quote. While these are all worthy areas of focus, a large gap exists in social move ability to use AI tools for their own tactical, strategic and organizational needs such as background research, systematic power mapping, intelligence gathering, sentiment analysis, predictive modeling and strategic coaching. Some noted that AI could be used before, during and after protest events and other contentious actions to monitor and analyze police and government responses. Supporting organizers in planning and adapting logistical aspects such as timing and assessment escape routes. AI tools could even help track the location and tactical movements of allies and adversaries in real time. Moreover, lessons from current military uses of AI, such as sticking to plans under pressure and utilizing virtual reality for training, could offer activists new methodologies and resilience and adaptability. Movements must devise strategies to stay ahead of technological developments including VR and drones. Now to reiterate what I just read that is multiple people from this sort of democracy movement coming together at Harvard in late 2024 to kick off what has become and will become a years long integration of AI in the broadest sense. But and frankly like you heard a military use case into the prepping, the planning, the plotting of all Democrat protests that are going on down to the point where they're talking about virtual reality training for Democrat protesters so they can be better acclimated to whatever police forces or law enforcement officials they can run into.

[A]

Natalie, do you think this, because it's war gaming is what they're doing in a very sophisticated war gaming, do you believe from what you've seen and observed that anything at DHS that you've seen under Kristi Noem or Tom Holman or Bovino, as good as these people are and as well intentioned as they are, have you seen any level of sophistication versus what you're seeing in your research and finding out behind the scenes is going on. And that's why these Bolsheviks in the streets of Minneapolis, we have to be blunt about this, are winning. We're in a stand down right now. We've drawn 700, I think border patrol from Minneapolis. President Trump saying, hey, if I'm invited into sanctuary cities will go, but if we're not invited in, if they don't ask, please, we're not going to go. Do you think the left is just out, thought us, outworked us out, planned for this and it really is taking this as the war in the streets that the Bolsheviks have always fought and the only way they get to power is to win these fights?

[I]

I wish, because I think the reality is far more sobering which is that we are up against an extremely well financed, sinister, Marxist, foreign linked. I mean I won't use the word cabal, but cabal of these forces that don't believe America should exist, whether because it's an ideological thing, a money thing, or like you said, they're Bolsheviks to their core. And I think fundamentally DHS is treating this issue as something about optics and protests as opposed to color revolution and militant agitators. You meet force with force. If you worry about optics, these people are always going to be able to run circles around us on the messaging front. Right? You can't show any weakness. And frankly I would also really emphasize that leaning in and embracing these authoritarian tropes, which is how they've always tried to depict us as you know, Steve, how many times have we discussed on the show the lock that picks rather the key that picks the lock to allow these USAID Global Color Revolution playbooks to be used here in the United States, is to depict the Trump administration as an autocracy, to depict him as an autocrat. You have Ann Applebaum and Stacey Abrams doing a beautiful Lock Forum podcast today talking about how autocrats steal elections. They're always using that terminology because they wanna be able to unleash this playbook I think all of the dhs, the ICBP people who are on the ground there should be very well versed and be reading these manuals. A lot of them are osint. They're open source intelligence. You can read them and you would understand the enemy that you're up against. I wish these were just people who had misguided interpretations of the Constitution and really wanted to welcome, you know, Haitian cat eating migrants into their backyards. But these are people who want to see the United States be destroyed.

[A]

Last thing before you bounce, Erica Chenoweth, you've been exposing this now for almost a year on the show. Can you please tell me that she's been totally cut off by government funding? Please tell me, I know President Trump is suing Harvard, then backing off then a billion dollars. Can you tell the audience right now, now, as thorough as your research is, is she still on getting government grants to do this basically war gaming in this organized, really thought through attack on the United States of America from Harvard?

[I]

Well, she's still pumping out way too much content. I don't think she's been lecturing at the US Institute of Peace or USAID because those buildings are now defunct. But make no mistake, these these people still are. I'll give you one example, Kate Starboard, the maven of election censorship. She just put out a new paper basically laying the groundwork to censor all anti immigrant content using the same strategies that they did with election stuff. So she's still active. Erica Chenoweth is a they them. So they're still active. And I'm sure if we trace the funding, you'll see that it's hardwired into some form of government grants.

[A]

Natalie G. Winters, where do we go to keep up with all your great investigative reporting, man?

[I]

Natalie G. Winters.substack.com Subscribe because we're going to have more reporting coming out on this issue next week. You don't want to miss it. Thank you, Steve.

[A]

Thank you, ma'.

[B]

Am.

[A]

Appreciate you. Color Revolution. They're at war. Unfortunately, we're still not at war. And that, folks, is why they are winning. Short commercial break Back with War Room Texas in a moment.

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Welcome back. Welcome back to War Room Texas. Very proud of this. One of the biggest launches we've ever had in this situation down here is couldn't be more important spreading to the rest of the country. The Sharia Free America Caucus just launched. This is a huge issue. We got to get our arms around it because it is spreading like wildfire. Tomorrow we're going to have other experts on here and I'm going to go through that Mandami. Mandami is lecturing you on the Quran about how the Quran is going to make you a much better person and it can run government much better. This is what we brought upon ourselves. And the people responsible for allowing Mandami to win should not only be ashamed of themselves, they gotta be called out of which we're gonna do and be held accountable. My patriot supply the leader in the space of preparation they kind of start the industry. Go to preparewithbannon. Preparewithbannon.com you get $100 off the 90 day free food supply that can get you through any situation. Normally around $800 you get it for 700 bucks or or a little less. Right now. Preparewithbannon.com to get $100 off. Go check it out. Okay. Natasha Owens is going to be with us tomorrow. Tell us about her new song. This is a response to Bruce Springsteen's the Streets of Minneapolis. You guys complain so much. You belly ached so much in the chats. And when we showed the show later in clips, people came Bannon, how can you continue to play Bruce Springsteen. Natasha Owens. In the real America music, folks, Rob Sig Co. Came up with a response. Let's go ahead, let it rip.

[B]

I danced to Rosalita I shouted out Thunder Road. I used to believe you sang for me in those glory days of old. Where is your, your song for justice? Where is your song for the working man? I was born in the USA and you spilled my promised land. You preached from your mansion but you don't know the cost. I thank God you're not the bars. What about Lake and Riley? Is Charlie too hard to say? What about when you took your shot at the one you call King? Where is your song for justice? Where is your song for working man? I was born in the USA can you spit on my promised land? You preach from your but you don't know the cost. I thank God you're not the boss. I still believe in freedom cuz I got a higher hope. I'll keep singing for America even if you Song of compassion where is your song for the hurting man? I was born in the USA and I used to be a loyal fan. You preached from your mansion and you lost that human touch. I thank God you're not. I thank God you know, You know.

[A]

You still need help from the boss. We need help from the boss.

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Okay?

[A]

The audience. I don't need to tell the audience I'm not a fan of artificial intelligence. You know that. But let me say that is a guilty pleasure. I love that song. We're having Natasha Owens Owens on tomorrow to talk about it. The next governor of the state of Minnesota joins us now. Mike Lindell from Mar a Lago, the President's the Winter White House. First off, Mike Lindell, you're down there with another good friend of the show, Glenn Story. What in the hell are you guys. Why am I working on a Friday afternoon in the great state of Texas, which I love and I love doing? And you guys are down. Are you partying down in Mar A Lago? Did I miss something? My invitation get lost in the mail?

[J]

Steve, we're always working, me and Glenn, we're always working, working. Sometimes the work is a lot more fun than the other days. And this is one of those days. I love it down here. This is. I've spent so much time here at Mar A Lago the last five years, and it's just a little mini paradise. You can get away, but you're still always doing. We're down here doing a couple big fundraisers. Everybody. The whole country is getting behind my run for governor and I want to thank all of you out there. The war room posse has come through too. We have, we're starting now, Steve, big marketing plan to beat Amy Klobuchar. We're start hitting the ground running here in February. And I've got great plans that we have, which we're going to reveal them all on the next week or two, which I did, for which I helped the president get elected. We're going to use those same concepts and plans in Minnesota. I plan on beating Amy Klobuchar. You've seen the poll. I'm favored. I'm favored by. It's small, but we just got started. Those guys have been campaigning for months and I'm in first place.

[A]

Mike. It's fantastic and I know it's what Minneapolis needs. Like I said, I'm so proud of Natasha Owens to put that song together because having Bruce Springsteen write the streets of Minneapolis, I couldn't play it again because Warren Posse forbade me. We played it so many times. Your beloved Minnesota. There's also maybe some activity tomorrow. We're going to be back at 10am live to cover everything. Give me 30 seconds on your beloved Minnesota. What's happening up there? Because just because we've stopped doing all these raids doesn't mean that the Marxists haven't taken to the streets and taken over, sir.

[J]

Yeah, no, that's right. The problems they're having downtown now, everybody is the same problems we had. And it's the protesters, my friends that live downtown, they can't get from point A to point B. They're stopping him. Who are you with? I do live here in this neighborhood. It's gone beyond protesting. We have some of the strictest protest laws that have never been followed in the state of Minnesota. And Minneapolis, my first day, we're going to crack down on protest laws. We're going to ban sharia law and we're going to bring back the. The Minnesota flag. And talk to me. What you guys, if you got. You want to get behind. If you go to mike Lindellgov.com I really need your help, Mike Lindellgov.com But Steve, I want to, I want to get the. I got to get the war room posse for the. My pillow here you guys. We are. Two sales collided today. We've got the sale, the Mega 2 sale that we have. The Mega 2, you guys comes once, once a year. It's a year ago today where the two sales collide. Free shipping on your entire order. One of the things I want you to notice is our six piece towel says the lowest price in history, 34.98 for the war room posse. And then we have all the matches and mattress toppers for the next couple days here where the two sales collide it. Free shipping right to your front door. MyPillow.com war room. You guys go get everything you want. Free shipping promo code war room 800-873-1062. Thanks Team Mike.

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See you.

[A]

We'll see you tomorrow. You and Glenn's story stick around for the second hour of the war. We're going to leave you with Natasha.

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