Episode 5249: Live From CPAC Day 1 Cont

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room — Episode 5249: Live From CPAC Day 1 Cont

Date: March 26, 2026
Host: Steve Bannon (WarRoom.org)
Location: CPAC, Live Audience
Main Theme:
This episode dives deep into the current Middle East crisis with Iran and its global repercussions, U.S. military strategy, and the escalating culture war surrounding Sharia law in Texas and beyond—all while featuring key MAGA figures and live audience engagement at CPAC.

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Episode Overview

Bannon hosts a high-energy, interactive live session at CPAC, focusing on two main fronts:

1. The Ongoing Middle East Crisis: Panelists and audience analyze U.S. military build-up, Iran's reaction, peace negotiations, and possible economic fallout.
2. Domestic Culture War: Intensified debate over Sharia law, grassroots activism in Texas, implications for national politics, and the importance of economic sovereignty and gold.

The conversation combines hard politics, economics, strategic analysis, and a passionate appeal to grassroots action.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Middle East Crisis: Diplomacy, Deployment, and War Cabinet Reactions

Diplomatic Update (00:00–01:55):

• Senior Diplomat reports on a 15-point peace plan facilitating Iran talks via Pakistan. Emphasizes confidentiality and “peace through strength.”
  • "Your indications that you are willing to listen to peace proposals have been well received. Your preference is always peace and we delivered that message, sir." (00:57)
• President Trump’s position: Strength as leverage, but open to diplomatic options.

U.S. Military Posture (02:00–03:12):

• Dr. Julie Pickering & Military Analyst discuss new troop movements (82nd Airborne, Marine Expeditionary Units) and possible scenarios:
  • Occupation of Karg Island as leverage.
  • Uncertainty if ground troops will be used; alternative strategies may suffice.

Political and Military Realities (03:12–04:39):

• Political Commentator: 50,000 U.S. troops in harm’s way; critique that Trump ignores public opinion and elections.
  • “All gas, no brakes. Congress hasn’t even slowed him down.” (03:52)
  • Raises concern about the lack of checks on executive actions.

2. Energy Markets and U.S. Economic Impact

Energy Prices and Market Reaction (04:53–07:25):

• Eric Bolling notes gasoline price surge ($4/gallon and rising), predicting further increases barring swift resolution.

  • “Even if it’s all clear tomorrow, we’re in a bad cycle...gasoline is probably going to $5.” (05:24)

• Markets swinging on war news; insiders (Chevron, LNG transporters) are alarmed by the possibility of $120–$140 oil (06:23–07:25).

3. MAGA Polling: Escalate or Exit? (07:25–13:45)

• Steve Bannon conducts a live poll:

  • About 65% in the audience favor “finishing what we started,” 35% want an off-ramp and withdrawal (08:00–08:01).

• Deep-dive questions:

  • Would audience support “going to Tehran” and regime change?
    • Few back full-scale invasion, even among hawks.
  • Perils of leaving: Could Iran control Gulf energy flow, causing $8–$10 per gallon gas? (09:41–10:23)
  • Bannon suggests both sides share an “America First” sentiment.
    • "At the end of this, the electorate base of the MAGA movement will be more populist and more nationalistic." (11:36)

• Eric Bolling contends there’s no appetite for a decade-long conflict; air war and economic deal more likely (12:42–13:32).

  • Recommends bombarding Iran to the negotiating table, then arranging oil deals:
    • “We take their oil and Venezuela. We give them some money for it, but going forward, we will never, ever be beholden to an Arab sheikh for oil ever again.” (13:45)

• Who should take risks?

  • Bannon and Bolling question why U.S. troops go first; advocate Arab allies doing more in any military operation (14:30–14:52).

4. Texas as the “Frontline” of Domestic Culture War (19:51–32:16)

Sharia Law Debate & Grassroots Mobilization:

• Peter McElpenny (UK expert) shocked by number of Sharia courts in Texas despite Prop 10 banning it.

  • “There are two Sharia courts within a few miles away…” (19:51)

• Karen: Warns of non-violent “Islamification” tactics, lauds Texans voting overwhelmingly (95%) to ban Sharia.

  • “As goes Texas, so goes America. We’ve got to absolutely stand strong.” (21:51)

• Kevin Freeman: Blames Biden-era immigration for “infiltration,” calls for labeling Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as terrorist organizations in Texas (23:23).

• Bannon: Battle must continue—legislation isn’t enough, need continued populist pressure.

  • “You’re the bayonets, folks.” (24:50)

• Emphasis on making politicians take a “Sharia Free” pledge, scaling Texas grassroots victory into a national campaign (25:24–27:31).

Testimony and Education Fight:

• Dr. Julie Pickering: Outlines pressure at Texas State Board of Ed from CAIR and other Islamic groups to change curriculum, minimize Western civilization, and frame the Alamo differently (29:52–33:33).
  • “They're demanding that we remove Western civilization from the foundation of America ... that we remove the Alamo ... taught that it was designed and built to honor Islam.” (31:53)
• Calls for mass public testimony and resistance:
  • “Our children need you. America needs you ... April 7 [...] testify in Austin.” (31:25, 33:33)

5. Constitutional Sheriffs, Lawfare, and Gold as Economic Hedge

Sheriffs as Last Legal Defense (34:06–35:43):

• Philip Patrick discusses constitutional sheriffs standing up to ‘rogue’ judges and federal overreach.
  • “The judges are ruining our justice system. And who's standing against them? Constitutional sheriffs.” (34:46)

Mike Lindell’s Story: Lawfare and MAGA Economics (45:31–51:49):

• Mike Lindell recounts:
  • Being “debanked” and canceled after supporting Trump.
  • Minnesota campaign to “ban Sharia law.” Details targeted institutional and judicial resistance.
• Ongoing economic battle: Woke companies forcing MyPillow out of facilities; uses War Room audience for support with 80% off closeouts and free shipping.

Gold and Financial Security (37:03–42:52):

• Philip Patrick (Birch Gold) and Bannon discuss gold as a hedge against turbulent markets and government spending.

  • “The dollar has been losing value slowly and I think if we can't get our spending under control, it's going to continue to lose value.” (37:49)

• Bannon touts his “End of the Dollar Empire” educational series; new “post-dollar world” edition released for public education (39:13–41:28).

6. MAGA Media & Just the News (52:08–52:38)

• Bannon, John Solomon, and Amanda Head preview news coverage: CPAC highlights, U.S.-China “Gotion” controversy, and continuing deep state investigations.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Negotiations with Iran:

  • “Your policy of peace through strength is the most effective tool for a diplomatic resolution here, just as it was as this policy was an effective tool in each and every one of all of the other conflicts you settled in your first year.” — Senior Diplomat (01:15)

• On U.S. Troops and Public Opinion:

  • “Trump doesn’t care about public opinion. He’s hit over eight countries, all gas, no brakes.” — Political Commentator (03:52)

• On MAGA’s Evolving Foreign Policy:

  • “The electorate base of the MAGA movement will be more populist and more nationalistic. Right. We don’t want any foreign entanglements. America first...” — Steve Bannon (11:36)

• On Iran Strategy:

  • "We bomb them... you get them to their knees... and you own their oil. We take their oil and Venezuela.” — Eric Bolling (13:45)

• On Grassroots Political Pressure:

  • "My favorite line from Steve Bannon is the line that the politicians behave better when they feel the pointy end of the bayonet at their backs. You're the bayonets, folks." — Grassroots Organizer (24:50)

• On Texas and National Cultural Battle:

  • “As goes Texas, so goes America. We’ve got to absolutely stand strong.” — Karen (21:51)
  • “Our children need you. America needs you.” — Dr. Julie Pickering (31:25)

• On Economic Defenses:

  • “The dollar has been losing value slowly... it’s going to continue to lose value.” — Philip Patrick (37:49)

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• Middle East Crisis Diplomacy & Military Buildup: 00:00–04:39
• Market Reactions & Oil Price Analysis: 04:53–07:25
• MAGA Poll: Escalation or Exit? 07:25–13:45
• Culture War — Sharia Law in Texas: 19:51–33:33
• Constitutional Sheriffs and Lawfare: 34:06–35:43
• Gold and Economic Security: 37:03–42:52
• Mike Lindell on MyPillow and Minnesota Governorship: 45:31–51:49
• Preview of Upcoming News with John Solomon: 52:08–52:38

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Final Tone and Call to Action

Bannon channels a sense of urgency and activism throughout—urging the MAGA base to both pressure politicians and support efforts like the anti-Sharia movement, opposition to globalist economic trends, and grassroots economic initiatives. The War Room frames itself as both an alternative news source and the nerve center for coordinated populist action, assuring listeners, “You are the decision makers”—whether on war, economic security, or cultural identity.

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Transcript

[Senior Diplomat]

Report to you today that we have, along with your foreign policy team, presented a 15 point action list that forms the framework for a peace deal. This has been circulated through the Pakistani government, acting as the mediator. And this has resulted in strong and positive messaging and talks, as you just indicated to the press. But these are sensitive diplomatic discussions and you have directed us to maintain confidentiality on the specific terms and not negotiate through the news media as others do. I can say we will see where things lead. And if we can convince Iran that this is the inflection point, with no good alternatives for them other than more death and destruction, we have strong signs that this is a possibility. And if a deal happens, it will be great for the country of Iran, for the entire region and the world at large. Your policy of peace through strength is the most effective tool for a diplomatic resolution here, just as it was as this policy was an effective tool in each and every one of all of the other conflicts you settled in your first year. Iran is looking for an off ramp following your powerful threat on Saturday. Your indications that you are willing to listen to peace proposals have been well received. You have instructed us that your preference is always peace and that we should make that our priority. We have delivered that message, sir, along with the 15 points for peace. Finally, we have told Iran one last thing. Don't miscalculate again.

[Steve Bannon]

Thank you very much. Doing a great job. How are you looking then at these

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

movements of the 82nd Airborne and these two Marine Expeditionary Units?

[Steve Bannon]

I mean, do you think that boots on the ground in some capacity are likely? And what would that look like?

[Military Analyst]

Yeah, I think it's very possible. In the case of Carg island, as you've seen, there's footage of the President talking about that in the 1980s. He's clearly interested in it. He had it bombed two Friday nights ago. So I think he may believe that he can take Karg and take his own hostage, if you will, as a condition for we'll release this once you help us reopen the straits. I still don't know that he's going to do it. At the end of the day, I think there are other ways maybe to achieve that type of outcome. Maybe by saying no tankers should show up at Carg island or will target them. So he may find an alternative short of ground troops in order to try and get new leverage over the Iranians. So I don't know that he's made up his mind absolutely to do that. But as you say, these troops coming to the region are certainly capable of doing it.

[Senior Diplomat]

I have a feeling it's going to clean up pretty quickly. I could just say this. They want to make. They want to make and I probably hurt our little negotiation. It gives them a little impetus to say, well, I wish you didn't say that. But they said yesterday that we weren't negotiating with them and now they admit that we were negotiating with them. So they want to make a deal. The reason they want to make a deal is they have been just beat

[Steve Bannon]

to perspective, military perspective. We're seeing the surge, this deployment. What do you think of that? Do we need to escalate to de. Escalate as we heard from some administration officials, at least when it came to the economy over the weekend. And what would those troops actually be doing? We've talked about carg. We've talked about other possibilities. What's the reality?

[Political Commentator]

They're doing a whole range of operations right now. I think the most important thing for people understand is roughly 50,000 of America's sons and daughters in the region, right. They're all in harm's way. A missile could land on them. There are accidents and other issues. And so they're there and they're going to be there. Even if you were to try to start to pull them out, they're still going to be in harm's way. And I hope that state front and center with people. There's another issue too. Trump doesn't care about public opinion. He's hit over eight countries, all gas, no brakes. Congress hasn't even slowed him down. So I'm going to be the contrarian and say I don't think he cares about public opinion. And I also don't think he has any intention of having free and fair elections in the fall. People think that's going to be a circuit breaker. But Steve Bannon said this week out loud that ice at the airports is a warm up for ice at the election booths. And that is a very real threat that nobody seems to have a plan to combat.

[Steve Bannon]

Yo, welcome to cpac. Come on in. Here is Eric Bowling. Been doing a great job in describing the markets to us.

[Eric Bolling]

Well, it's amazing to, to kind of done what we've done over the last three weeks. Steve, you, you brought so a lot of folks to the stage who are, you know, you don't see them on mainstream media, like legacy media. A lot of and some of the stuff you're bringing out is absolutely cutting edge, predictive of what's coming next. And I got to tell you, 10 days ago, maybe two weeks ago, I was on war room, 10 o' clock in the morning. I said it was about $3.40 a gallon national average for gasoline. I said it's going to four. You know what happened just an hour ago hit $4 a gallon gasoline nationally, unfortunately, it's probably going to go to five before it gets better. That means diesel will probably be at 6 or $7 before it gets better. Even if it's all clear tomorrow, we're in a situation, a bad cycle right now. So the quicker they can resolve this, the sooner Trump can start working the prices down.

[Steve Bannon]

So of those of you that joined us this morning, almost the entire morning show, we turned it over to the president in the Cabinet meeting. Right. And the reason we did that is that that was like a war cabinet meeting. President Trump starts off, JD Said a few things. He went to Marco, he went to the Witkoff about the negotiating strategy, back to Pete Pegseth about what the war policy is. And then Scott Besant before he took questions. Right. So that's the Entire War Cabinet 1, what is your takeaway? And as importantly, what is the market's takeaway? How did the market react to that? Because I think you had some hints of escalation and then some hints of we're trying to find a way out of here.

[Eric Bolling]

So the market has been whipsawed, so to speak. So they hear Trump saying, we're winning. And all of a sudden that means oil prices should go down. They start to go down. Then you hear the IRGC saying, we don't know what Trump's talking about. We're still strong. We're not giving up. It goes back up. And so this morning, early morning, I texted Steve, oil was up $4 a barrel. And Trump did the Cabinet meeting. It started to retreat and then turned right around while it was still, he was probably still talking in the Cabinet meeting. It ended up going $5 a barrel higher, gasoline prices higher. And the stock market just tanked, tanked all day. So the traders out there, and I'm not talking about speculators, I'm talking about Chevron. I met with some folks with one of the biggest LNG transporters on the planet today. I'm meeting with one of the biggest refiners on the planet tomorrow. I'm telling you, some folks, they're very concerned about a spike in oil. West Texas intermediate up to 120. That would put Brent 130140. And that's the, that's, those are the benchmarks.

[Mike Lindell]

We're going.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, let's do A little poll here. This is all hardcore MAGA leadership, grassroots leadership, right? Okay. That's the good news. Now comes the hard news. You got to make some choices. Who among you would advise President Trump, we have to finish what we started? How many would. How many would say right now, get an off ramp and let's get out of here by Saturday,

[Eric Bolling]

I'd say 60,

[Steve Bannon]

40 in favor of finishing 65. 35. Now, for those who want to finish what they start, what we started, what exactly does that look like? This is the question for President Trump. We understand that the United States, if we get in here, you got to have victory, right? What is the definition of that victory? Do you support just the people that said, finish what we started?

[Peter McElpenny]

Okay.

[Steve Bannon]

Do you support getting regime change? And if we have to get regime change, combat troops, not on Karg island, but combat troops in Tehran, that removes the regime and replaces it with other. Some government that's more amenable to the Iranian people and to the United States. So even the 65% that says that none of you would. Would any of you say, let's do that, Would tell President Trump to finish what we started, let's go to Tehran, let's remove the government. If we can bomb them out, we bomb them out. We can't do that. We got to send in young American men and women in to go. We got to do that. How many here would say do that, would advise the President? The president listens to you. Trust me. They will take this clip and show it to the president tonight. So I want to make sure that you thought this through. How many here? Just at the 65% that said finish what we started, does that include going to Tehran, removing this regime, and putting in a friendly government?

[Eric Bolling]

Hardcore maga.

[Steve Bannon]

You're a hardcore maga, last time I checked. Now, okay, hang on for a second. Those of you that said, let's get the hell out of here and let's do it by Friday, okay, What does that look like? If that entails the American Navy leaving and the American Air Force shutting down, are you comfortable with having the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz controlled by Iran with diesel at $10 a gallon, gasoline at $8 a gallon, a barrel of oil at one.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

Hundred.

[Steve Bannon]

I don't think, when you guys think about it, I don't think there's that much difference between the 65% of MAGA says finished what they started and the 35% of MAGA right now that says we want to get the hell out. Is everybody in agreement that President Trump needs to think this through because the impact of this will last decades and decades and decades.

[Eric Bolling]

Can I throw one little caveat into this? Are we realizing, are we thinking about midterm elections? Because if we choose one of the options where oil prices and gas goes up, are we not worried about the wave in midterms?

[Steve Bannon]

I love my brother here. Are you guys, when you take seriously, when you think about this, should we think about the midterm elections or is this a fundamental choice the United States has to make? Do the right thing. Do the right thing. Okay. He says do the right thing. What is for the 35% that want to leave now? And quite frankly, I know many of you, many of the people I know very well are in your pockets on both their house and leave. When you say do the right thing, what would that be? Come back to America and take care of here. Right? Take care of America. Let me give you the good news about this war and how it was started. At the end of this, at the end of this, the electorate base of the MAGA movement will be more populist and more nationalistic. Right. We don't want any foreign entanglements. America first, American citizens first. The Middle east is a sideshow. Right. And we should come home. Correct. Now, Eric Bolling is going to tell you that's just wishful thinking. If you do that. Oil's at $200 a barrel. But is that my. Why do we care? We have Venezuela, the Gulf of America. We have Guyana. Right, we have Guyana.

[Eric Bolling]

Well, Steve, you and I developed a plan, an idea that we sent. I sent it to Pete Hegseth and Susie Wiles. It's in their hands, I believe, right now, as we speak. Right now, the way the rhetoric's going back and forth between Trump and the irgc, that there will be some form of IRGC running Iran, IRGC or Mueller. I believe we're going to get what we want. We're going to get some concessions. It doesn't seem like we have the Appetite for a 10, 5 or 10 year war with Iran, which it could take to do. Exactly. To completely eliminate the threat, turn over the country into a more democratic country. Could take five years. Do we have the end boots on the ground? Do we have the appetite for it? If we don't, the deal is to make a deal, an international legal deal with them that.

[Steve Bannon]

Is there anybody in this audience, even the hardest core hawk, that would back what, what Eric just said? A major military engagement like Iraq, boots on the ground, long term commitment. Another. Another.

[Eric Bolling]

I Forgot the best part of this first. We bombed the living daylights out of. Including. Not just. Not just the three Strait of Hormuz. We bomb their infrastructure. We bombed their highways. We bombed. Sorry. We're gonna. We're gonna bomb their media. We're gonna bomb. We might even bomb. Wait, hold on. Just listen. You get them to their knees where they come and say. All right, enough. We'll do your deal. What's the deal that you want to do? You lock it in international legal law. And you own their oil. We take their oil. We take their oil and Venezuela. And we give them some money for it. But going forward, we will never, ever be beholden to an Arab sheikh for oil ever again. Ever again.

[Steve Bannon]

I got one.

[Grassroots Organizer]

How many?

[Eric Bolling]

Or four?

[Steve Bannon]

If American boys and girls go to Carg island, should the Arab armies be with us? Shouldn't UAE and Saudi Arabia and Qatar? Shouldn't all those billionaires kids. And those Emirates. Shouldn't they be the first wave at Carg Island? Or should be the 82nd Airborne? What the hell are we doing? Where are the Arabs?

[Eric Bolling]

You know where the Arabs are.

[Steve Bannon]

Short break.

[Eric Bolling]

They're trying $100 oil.

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[Steve Bannon]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. Okay, welcome back. I didn't hear you. I didn't.

[Peter McElpenny]

I didn't.

[Steve Bannon]

Not for that.

[Peter McElpenny]

Not.

[Steve Bannon]

That's okay. Are we going to demand the Arabs put combat troops to help us if we got to take Carg Island, Qatar, They're Making billions of dollars, aren't they? The Saudis, uae? Do we want combat troops with, in fact, the first wave of combat troops in the car island should be Arab. That's kind of half hearted. Do you think, do you think they can hear that down in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, ladies and gentlemen, we got eight or 10,000 kids, not just on the, not just in the carrier battle groups. We got 8 or 10,000 combat troops heading to the North Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf right now. Do you have their backs? And what's the better way to have their backs and to make sure somebody else is carrying their load? Are you tired of fighting for the wealth of Arab nations? Are you sick and tired of Sharia compliant countries that we bail out with American boys and girls who happen to be devout Christians? That message has got to get to Washington, D.C. we've had it. Why are we fighting the world now? President Trump is in this because of a host of reasons. And you saw him today. He's going to find a way out. But the way out, as we just heard from Eric, even the easiest way out is incredibly bloody. Right. We gotta bomb the hell out of them. Okay, hopefully that works. But right now I will tell you the logistics chain, who actually have combat troops, and they're very specific. I don't think Pete Hexit mentioned it one time. Right. Which I thought was very, very important. But the Arab nations, I'm tired of President Trump having to ask the Europeans and the Saudis and the Arabs step up and do more at the same time. Tell Netanyahu, let's do less. That's humor. Okay, we have a group of all stars here. How many of you are Texans? Did you guys all vote for the, for the Prop 10 to make sure to prohibit Sharia law in the state of Texas? This man right here is one of the leading experts from London of how London fell. And we asked him. He came over in November. Peter McElpenny, you know what he told us? Because we said, hey, compare Dallas, the Dallas metroplex, to where London was at the same time? And he calls me up and says, are you kidding me? Dallas, Fort Worth in Texas is so much further gone than London was at the time. And you know why? Because the business in the economic community, in the political class, have embraced Sharia law and embrace a Muslim invasion of Texas. Peter?

[Peter McElpenny]

Well, it's true. We have 85 Sharia courts in the UK, 85 Sharia courts legally operating and have operated for over 30 years. And I was shocked when I came in November thinking Texas doesn't have any. And then I realized where I was staying. There are two Sharia courts within a few miles away with 300 cases a year where those women are not getting the rights of American law. And this is wrong. So thank God that the governor has said we are not having Sharia in this country. And thank God that this campaign ban Sharia.com and it means you can go to your representative and you can say, what do you think on Sharia? We don't have this in the uk. We cannot ask our representatives. We don't have a campaign wondering what they think because they are too frightened to say what they think. But you've got an opportunity here to say what you think, to find out what your representatives think. I think I saw Joe Gabbia had. There you go. Protect the Constitution. Ban Sharia law is not a beautiful sign. That's what we need.

[Steve Bannon]

By the way, why did they choose Texas? New York City's already fallen, right? The financial capital world. You know where they chose? Texas. Texas. Texas is the jewel in the crown of the United States of America. If they can take over Texas, they can take over the whole country. They've already taken over New York City. They're Cowtown in Mondame. They're doing prayer rugs in the fire department where they got a sacred plaque up there with 323 firemen that gave their life on 9 11. They got a damn prayer rug right in front of it all over. And the elites in New York City are cow talent to them. The wealthy in New York City are not putting up a fight. You know why? They're going to leave for Miami, wherever there's no place to go outside of Texas. This is the United States and we have to win it here. Amen. Karen, talk about this. There's a pledge for you guys to sign. We're going to get every politician to sign. What is it?

[Karen]

We're talking about the front in Iran, but there's a front right here against Islamification, Islamization. Right here in Texas, we have seen Manhattan fall. We're seeing candidates in Los Angeles for mayor also. They're very smart. There are many ways of conducting jihad, many ways of taking over a nation that takes. They don't all look violent or kinetic. They can be political. And that's what's happening. It's what's happening in Texas. But the great people of Texas had it on their ballot to ban Sharia. 95% of you all took a stand and said, oh, hell no for Texas. The rest of the country needs to see the model that you're setting. We've seen, seen throughout Western Europe how they've been taking over city after city. London, Berlin, Amsterdam, country after country. We've seen their playbook. This is our major stand right here in this country, the beginning of our playbook of defending this nation. As goes Texas, so goes America. We've got to absolutely stand strong. Contact your politicians wherever you are in the country. This isn't only Texas. This is everywhere. Everyone needs to take a stand against this. Defend your country, defend the Constitution against Sharia law.

[Steve Bannon]

Kevin Freeman, Economic War Room. Yeah. You know, in Texas, I can't tell you how many people have come up to me in the past six months or a year and said, what's going on? Why is Sharia happening? This. This isn't Texas. What's happening? And the answer is there was a concerted effort during the Biden administration to bring people across the border and place them here. We stood up together as Texans and we said no. 95%. Two million Texans voted on Proposition 10. You know how hard it is to vote on the 10th proposition on a ballot of 72 pages? And they did it. And there were more votes against Sharia than there were for any other thing on the battle. It was impressive. More than for the Senate race, brother. Okay, that's the top of the first inning. There's so much more we gotta do. Muslim Brotherhood, terrorist organization, care. Terrorist organization and running the hell out of Texas. Why is CARE all over Texas? Why are they suing people? Why are they in your schools? They're either a terrorist organization. They're not. Get them the hell out of here. Right, right. Frank, what's the next step here? I want everybody to. The only way this is going to get done is with massive grassroots pressure, because the business community and the real estate community are not exactly on your side.

[Peter McElpenny]

Or the.

[Steve Bannon]

The halal food community. What do you got?

[Grassroots Organizer]

My favorite line from Steve Bannon is the line that the politicians behave better when they feel the pointy end of the bayonet at their backs. You're the bayonets, folks.

[Steve Bannon]

All right.

[Grassroots Organizer]

We're going to take this the next step. We had a smashing victory, and I want to thank you, Steve, for putting it on the map, coming here and getting every posse member mobilized to get that vote. But it's not enough.

[Steve Bannon]

Not enough.

[Grassroots Organizer]

It's the starting point of a campaign. We have the next seven months to put the bayonet at their backs, figuratively. And where it starts is by getting every single member of the political class that seeks to represent us, to take the Sharia Free pledge. Go to Ben Sharia.com and ask them to sign up that they will not permit Sharia to be imposed on their constituents or the American people. It's that simple. It starts right here. It's not just in Texas, but it starts in Texas. It's across America.

[Steve Bannon]

We need your help. The political class, the think that, oh, we let them pat themselves on the back because they passed the proposition. That's just the first step. That's why. Almost two minutes. Two million. Remember, with no money, this campaign had less money than the Paxton campaign. That's hard to believe, right? Nothing. Both of those are massive grassroots victory. By the way, there's going to be an article out tomorrow, I think, in Politico. President Trump is not going to endorse Cornyn because of you. We can't allow the politicians to pat you on the head and say, great job. You pass a proposition, we got to take it to the next level. And the next level, this is not about propositions or pledges or laws or anything. This is simple. You're gonna drive it all out of Texas and get Texas back for Texas. Amen. And as we say, save Texas, we're going to save the entire country. We're going to march up to New York and throw that group of bums out of there, too. Right? Right. You think a group of Texans can do that? Guys. So, as you want. Yeah, hold. You want one of these? We're going to pass all these. You want one of these?

[Grassroots Organizer]

See me over here. We got lots of them. And we need you to help get members of Congress, legislators and candidates to take the Sharia free pledge. @bansharia.com let's give it up for banning Sharia law.

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Dr. Julie Pickering from the state. The Texas State Board of Education. How bad is it?

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

Yes, sir. Well, I've got a terrorist organization testifying before my board for the last six months. The care. The Council on American Islamic Relations. Which governor?

[Steve Bannon]

Terrorist organization. A terrorist organization Which Governor Abbott is. Think about that. Terrorist organization. Ever to round up people and have them vote in front of an election board and nobody says anything about it. 92 people. How many? 89 were voting were there to testify for Sharia law because they intimidated the good folks in Texas.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

That's right. 89 people showed up before the Texas State Board of Education to testify in favor of Sharia law being taught in our public schools. Only two people showed up to testify

[Steve Bannon]

against it because they put fear in people. They're going to mess with you. And nobody stands up for the citizens. Right. This is why you got to stand up for yourself. You have to show the political class that you're not going to take it anymore. And one of the ways is backing people like Dr. Julie Pickering.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

That's right. The power is always with we the people. But sometimes we the people forget that. So we need you to show up. We need your voice. April 7. Texas State Board of Education is the next time we're going to take public testimony. And we will be voting that day on whether we give in to the.

[Steve Bannon]

April 7th.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

April7.

[Steve Bannon]

How many of you have signed up? Let me show a hands. Come on, man. We need you to testify. All of you.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

Texas needs you. Our children need you.

[Steve Bannon]

America needs you. You're witness. This is like in the acts of the Apostle. You're witnessing for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ by doing it. Just don't keep it in a church. Go to this board and say, we're not prepared to have a culture that is feasted off Christian nations forever. We're going to stop it. And you're going to stop it here in Texas.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

That's right. They're demanding that we remove Western civilization from the foundation of America, that we remove Founding Fathers, we remove George Washington, we remove the Alamo. They want the Alamo, taught that it was designed and and built to honor Islam. This is their demands. How many of y' all were going to say, remember the Alamo?

[Steve Bannon]

It's about symbolic and cultural dominance in the most sacred space, secular space in New York City, outside of the towers itself. Is that fire station. These fire stations, Fire headquarters. You saw those guys. Those of you old enough, they ran up there and tried to save people because of radical Islam. They're dead and they're buried now. Quarter of a century and they have the nerve to put a damn prayer rug in front of their memorial. And people in New York City are just accepting it because they're too damn scared to stand up. Well, if you're too scared to stand up, they're going to roll you up in New York City and they're going to roll you up in the state of Texas. Those Muslims think the Sharia law that you're afraid of them. No, they think you're afraid of them. When they have 89 show up and you have two, they think you're afraid of them. And one thing I can tell you in Texas history, Texans aren't afraid of anything.

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

Right? That's right. They're hitting this red, white and blue wall. I promise you that. My voters gave me a clear mandate when 20% of the vote and Prop 10 to ban Sharia law in Texas. 20% of the vote for the district that I have the honor representing.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, Julie, what's your. Where do people go April 7th when you got to show up to in front of the state education board, where do people go?

[Dr. Julie Pickering]

Yes, and you need to go the Texas State Board of Education to their website and sign up to testify April 7th in Austin. All day we're going to be there. We're going to listen to your voice, because it's your voice that matters. The power is with we the people. And we need you to show up. Texas needs April 7th.

[Steve Bannon]

Sign up now. Go to her website. Okay. I've got one of the great men in this country. You know, Sheriff Mack from Arizona. You know what a constitutional sheriff is? You want to tell us constitutional sheriffs?

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah.

[Steve Bannon]

First of all, all of your sheriff should be helping with deportation. Let them know. Let them know. And we just had a miracle happen in Las Vegas. Sheriff Kevin McMahill Clark County Sheriff over Las Vegas Metro told four different judges that he would not obey their orders to release career criminal felons. They tried to hold him in contempt. He said, where are you going to put me in my own jail? And so it's going to the Nevada Supreme Court and maybe onto the US Supreme Court. Supreme court. But he is setting a great example. What constitutional sheriffs are supposed to be doing. Stand up to the judges. The judges are ruining our. Our justice system. And who's standing against them? Constitutional sheriffs. We need to do that nationwide. Right, Mike? Okay, hold it. We got to bounce. What's your. What's your website? Because I'm about to make a major announcement here. What's your website, folks? My website for constitutional Sheriffs and Peace officers association. C s p o a.org join us. Join us. Make a donation and be part of this great American solution. How many of you folks hang. Hang on. How many are from Arizona? Yeah, there we go right there.

[Mike Lindell]

I'm.

[Steve Bannon]

I'm announcing right now. You've seen that Guthrie situation where Savannah Guthrie's mom got kidnapped or is disappearing in that chair. That incompetent left wing, progressive sheriff has screwed everything up. Well, those folks in Pima county are recalling him. I nominate Sheriff Mack to step in and take. Will you sign up and help Sheriff Mack do that? Okay. You better be. Go to my website, make a donation, then we'll see. We're going to recall a. Let's raise the money for it, guys. Thank you so much. Let's hear for Sheriff Mack, Dr. Julie Pickering. Thanks. Hey, guys. Know who Philip Patrick is? Hey, Philip. Great timing. Gold's had the worst week in 40 years. Talk to me about it. This audience right here, these are gold. These are. These are Birch Gold customers and clients. What do you got?

[Philip Patrick]

Listen, you know, it's strange. It's hard to put it all together, right, because the world is fracturing at best. We've got inflation problems domestically, you know, wars in the Middle East. This is in many ways the perfect storm for gold. But we've seen a dip in pricing. I want to say it's not massively unexpected for people in the industry. We often, often see this when there's global instability, when there's war on the horizon. The short term move is to move to cash. That's what a lot of people did.

[Steve Bannon]

They moved to quality the US Dollar.

[Philip Patrick]

That's it. Short term, absolutely. What they didn't do was move to long term debt. Borrowing rates actually increased, which means they're not looking at it as a long term solution, but what it has.

[Steve Bannon]

So you're saying the purchasing power of the dollar is still decreasing?

[Philip Patrick]

Absolutely. Listen, the dollar has issues. It's still the strongest currency on the planet. It is the best currency by far, but is under threat. The dollar has been losing value slowly and I think if we can't get our spending under control, it's going to continue to lose value. Longer term it won't be linear. There will be things that drive it up and drive it down. But I think long term, that's the trajectory.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay, we have an announcement. We've done End of the Dollar Empire over the last what, four, four years. You guys have gone online and gotten the free version. Now you can get the patrons this. It's taught at the University of Arkansas now in the finance department. Why? Because we make it accessible. All the hard concepts are there. We didn't dumb this down at all. We just kind of expanded out how to explain it because it's not about the price of gold and saying, hey, come on and buy gold. You have to understand the process that drives the value of gold, both as a hedgehog against financial instability but also as gold has become kind of a financial class like back in the 19th century at these central banks keep buying gold hand over fist. Now there's a lot of discussion now, are the Saudis selling gold? Is Argentina selling gold? They have to generate cash for their own accounts to pay for things. But we've got an announcement on a new the A3 edition. So if you go online, you got seven today, seven here bound. But we got the new eighth edition. Philip Patrick?

[Philip Patrick]

Yeah, first of all, you know Steve and us partnering, it was about education and we feel that the more educated people are, the better decisions they can make. Ultimately that's why we're very, very proud of the end of the Dollar Empire series. I think it's fantastic. Steve has put a lot of work into it and it's really an education on the financial system and how we got to the position we are today. The eighth installment is really focusing on the dollar and what would happen potentially in a, in a post dollar world. This is not to say this is something on the horizon today, tomorrow or even the short term future. But the world is certainly fracturing. We know what the BRICs are doing, we know it's happening now in Europe as well. And I think it's just a case of us understanding what's happening and what we can do as individual to protect ourselves.

[Steve Bannon]

So for us, look, the reason we try to Be ahead of the curve on things. We got Joe Allen over here in 2020 to talk about artificial intelligence. Now everybody's talking about it, right? Because we knew at that time you could see the trends of what was happening. This would be a major decision for the American people. And you are the decision makers. You have to be as informed as possible. Every gold. You know, all these gold companies approach us all. God, I said, no, I want to find somebody that's going to take the time and effort and put staff on it to actually allow people to start to understand capital markets, particularly a commodity like gold. And Philip Patrick and the team, and we're very proud of the work. One thing I will tell you, if you go online, you get the eighth free edition of the seven. There's. They're totally free and no obligation. You are not obligated to do anything and buy anything. In fact, I would tell people, get online, talk to these guys, get more information, get the receipts, think about it. And then when you make a decision, you make a decision, a decision you can live with. And people. Some people did it back when it was 1100 or 1200. Some did it later, some have not done it. That's fine, because there's going to be a lot of turbulence in capital markets over the last couple of years, over the next couple of years.

[Philip Patrick]

I couldn't agree more with that. And for me, read it. Get the education. Whether you buy gold or not is secondary. The education will serve you well no matter what you do.

[Steve Bannon]

One thing I can tell you, what we do at the show, everybody says, oh, you got to dumb things down. If it's MAGA and they're working class, got to dumb it down. The two smartest people I ever saw in my life were my grandfather that went to the third grade and my dad who just got out of high school, right? They read everything. They absorbed stuff. These are people that kept up with the news, could talk about every topic. That's the War Room Posse. Our objective is to present information to you. And quite frankly, that's what we're doing on the. On the. On the war in Iran. It'd be very simple for us to come out. You. When the country moves to make a decision here, the country has to move with a decision it can live with. And that's why we're trying to present you as much information on that from people like Kurt Mason Mills on one side and Trina Parsley on one side, and people like Rabbi Walecki and Frank Gaffney and Captain Fennell on The other. It's just like Birch Gold. What? I'm so proud. All this information, the receipts. And they will inundate you if you go to their website. They'll inundate you with information. But do it today. Meet these guys and start to think it through what financial stability can mean when you think about gold along with everything else.

[Philip Patrick]

Thank you. See, I couldn't agree with that more. He was very clear with us to make it technical so people really understand it. So there was no dumbing down at any point.

[Steve Bannon]

Okay. Even in the worst week that gold has had in 43 years. Is it as long as we've been fighting in Iran? Let's give it up for Philip Patrick and the team at Birch Gold.

[Philip Patrick]

Thank you, Steve. Thank you.

[Steve Bannon]

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[Peter McElpenny]

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[Steve Bannon]

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War room.

[Steve Bannon]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Banner. Can we give it up for John Solomon? John Solomon follows right here. If we didn't have Solomon, I'm not so sure we'd be taking down the deep state. So John, thank you so much for doing that. No, no, it starts. It starts our day. John, text me late at night when something's breaking, says, I think we got a hot one tomorrow.

[Eric Bolling]

It always does.

[Steve Bannon]

Late at night. Late at night. Late at night, brother. Mike Lindell. How many, how many people out there have a MyPillow product?

[Peter McElpenny]

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[Mike Lindell]

Wait, who doesn't have one? Where are you? You need promo code, war room. Where are you? There he is.

[Steve Bannon]

Promo code, war room. That's good. Okay. Have you heard that Mike's running for governor of Minnesota? Yeah. What's the first action you're going to take in Minnesota, Mike as governor?

[Mike Lindell]

Ban Sharia law.

[Steve Bannon]

Mike, the Minnesota media is treating you pretty rough up there. I know that comes as a surprise to everybody.

[Mike Lindell]

No, here's what they're doing, you guys. You know, I got the word out for five years. Not because of Fox News and Newsmax wouldn't even have me on, but the mainstream media, they would attack me every day. That's how I got the word out. Well, Minnesota media, they're onto it. They don't even talk about me. You wouldn't even think I existed. You wouldn't think I'm running for governor. There you're going, what? Wait. I pick up the Star in Tribune, the worst newspaper in the country. Gee, who's running? Lisa Damon and Amy Klobuchar. Where's Mike Lindell? It's disgusting. But I've got a plan. What I'm going to do now, I got my team together a week ago. We're going to do rallies, just like my great friend the President, all over Minnesota every single day if I have to. And we've got teams of people, over 500 people on the ground.

[Steve Bannon]

Hey, Harry. And the real America's Voice camera crews. Berkwom, you ready for that? Rallies all over Minnesota.

[Mike Lindell]

And I'll tell you what we're going to do. The teams. When I built the cause of America for five years, we had 300,000 people in all 50 states. For the election front, we're going to do the same thing in Minnesota. Every single Senate district. I talked to him the other day. We're engaging everyone on the ground. We're going to find one person in the county that's not voting for me, and we're going to get him to vote.

[Steve Bannon]

Hang on, hang on. Have you run that by your very close friends with the president, United States? Have you run this idea by the president? Because trust me, he's going to be looking on the TV at Rav, and he's going to be doing a headcount. He's quite proud of the fact that he has the biggest rallies in the history of the country.

[Peter McElpenny]

That's right.

[Mike Lindell]

I am going to make the biggest governor rallies in the history of the world. And I learned from the best. I went to over 150 of our great president's rallies.

[Steve Bannon]

Did you know that Lindell was totally apolitical? He's like a lot of you. He was totally apolitical until Trump came. The election was stolen in 2020 is the first time he went down and really got engaged. And since that time, what is it, 50 or 60 million dollars they tried to bankrupt, if you knew what they. 70 or 80 million dollars they tried to bankrupt him. Walmart kicked him out and he was the most profitable on a percentage basis product in Walmart as an sku. And for those guys to kick you out of that, you know they hate you, right?

[Mike Lindell]

We were the. When Lawfare came, which hadn't been done in our country since the 1700s in January and February of 21, they attacked my pillow, my employee owned company and they went after everything. We had all these box stores cancel everyone in the country. Like Steve said, we were the number one selling product in every one of them, including qvc, hsn, you name the box store, bed, bathroom, beyond Walmart.

[Steve Bannon]

Cole, that's how much they hate you. When they cancel him, it's because they don't want the MAGA movement. They don't want Trump to have any power at all. So when you see Walmart doing it and you see, and you see these Walmart commercials, they're all American, they got the flag and guys on horses just understand something. They took out the most profitable merchandise. They had to make sure that they would not be there to back a guy who backed Trump to silence me.

[Mike Lindell]

And then what happened in January of 2022, it's like passing the batons from the, to the machine companies that sued me, to the, to our government. Operation Arctic Frost. You just seen Ted Cruz two days ago said he listed my pillow. They attacked my pillow. We were the first MyPillow and Mike Lindell, they attacked us every day for bank cancelizations. They went to our vendors, even our overseas said if you do business with my MyPillow, we're debanking you. They went after my charities, they went after my, my merchant servers. That was an all out attack. We just had it. We just had a third party do an assessment on that $460 million that cost my.

[Steve Bannon]

If we ever lose again, it's all going to start all over again. It's not going to stop. They're still going to put Trump in prison, right? They're not going to stop. Real quickly. Also he has as a project a Christian based recovery for addicts. Right? Christian based on the, on the, on the word of our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. And they got a radical Muslim terrorist in Minnesota. As the attorney general is trying to shut that down. They're trying.

[Mike Lindell]

It's Keith Ellison, you guys. One of the most evil people on the planet. He's attacked by Lindell recovery network.com or.org either one. It gets people off addiction and gets them to Jesus. It's free, it's online and he's attacked that full on. And, and. And I'm the one that put in all the money. They're going, what are you looking to find, Mike?

[Steve Bannon]

It's late in the day. The Warren posse wants a deal. Enough happy talk about. About this and that. They want to deal. These are. This is.

[Mike Lindell]

Here's what we're doing. By the way, if you want to help on my government run, okay, it's easy. You go my governor dot com. That's easy to remember. Mygovernor dot com but with my pillow. What's going on right now in Minnesota as we speak. We had a woke company buy our building about a year and a half ago and they would not renew our lease. I swear. They were brought in on purpose. Our long term lease we've had. So we had eight weeks. Eight weeks now to move factories. It's a. This is a task that would take four months. My employees did it in the. In the last six and a half weeks in the factory. We have all this product so we don't have to move it twice. These are mattress toppers. Our mattresses. I said you know what? And all the products that we're closing out 80% off. I said let's see that war room posse. Get them with free shipping right to their front door. Free shipping.

[Steve Bannon]

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[Mike Lindell]

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[Steve Bannon]

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[Mike Lindell]

You guys will help our company. And you go to mypillow.com forward sl waram and you're going to see all these products that were made for the retail stores. We have clothing lines, we have couch dime pillows. You name it, we have it. But we're closing them out. And you get the 80% off and free shipping.

[Steve Bannon]

John Solomon, what do you got for us in the next hour? You and Amanda head.

[Peter McElpenny]

Well, just like this man is going to bypass the medium and and get his governors to ship one Natasha Owens. Someone that went around the traditional Hollywood media number one songs time and time again. Ra a big part of that. You're all a big part of it. She's going to join us and tell us how that secret happened. We got match lap to tell us what's ahead on cpac. A big couple weeks ahead and we're going to dive in a little bit on goan, that Chinese plant in Michigan that the people rose up and blocked just like you guys. So that's the best of it tonight.

[Steve Bannon]

Let's give it up for John Solomon and Mike Lindell. Just the news is next. Hero Real America's voice. We'll see you tomorrow morning.

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