Episode 5574: Freedom Under Fire In Korea; Saving Connecticut

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Bannon’s War Room – Episode 5574

Title: Freedom Under Fire In Korea; Saving Connecticut
Date: August 8, 2026
Host: Stephen K. Bannon
Featured Guests: Ambassador Morris Tan, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Jonathan DeBarros, Bill Cassidy, Ali (political commentator), Trevor Comstock
Theme: The battle for freedom and democracy at home and abroad, highlighting threats to constitutional rights and the shifting political landscape in America and South Korea.

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on two headline subjects:

1. Freedom under fire in Korea, with an in-depth discussion of criminal charges against former U.S. Ambassador Morris Tan in South Korea, and the broader geopolitical consequences of the current Korean regime's alignment with the Chinese Communist Party.
2. The fight for Connecticut, spotlighting Jonathan DeBarros’s congressional run and the state of the MAGA movement among working-class and minority Americans.
   Along the way, the conversation touches on developments in U.S. politics, such as the economy, immigration policies, voter rights debates, and the legacy of Charlie Kirk.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. US Economic and Political Crosswinds

• (00:00–01:25)
  Bannon opens with troubling jobs numbers and a mixed labor market, warning of rising stagflation fears just before the midterms.

  "Jobs are disappearing, at least last month, while prices remain high. ... reviving at least a little bit of fear about one of the most dreaded words in economics and politics, stagflation."
  [00:14]

• Senators Bill Cassidy and Richard Blumenthal discuss Republican support for Trump’s Attorney General nominee Blanche, despite concerns about loyalty to the Constitution versus Trump:

  "I think it will go down as one of his graver mistakes. ...Republicans would support Blanche in spite of his being unfit and his being more loyal to the president than to the Constitution or to the country."
  — Blumenthal [01:25]

2. Controversial Immigration Orders and Voter Rights

• (02:11–07:45)
  Ali (political commentator) explains the legal rationale behind President Trump’s executive order targeting "birth tourism," citing section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act:

  "Birth tourism is by definition a fraud on the American system, on the American taxpayer, on the American visa... So that practice of birth tourism is, as of the signing of this order, hereby banned."
  [02:11–03:31]

• Bill Cassidy and Jonathan DeBarros debate the legal and political implications of these immigration policies and the so-called Save America Act, which seeks to crack down on alleged voter fraud—though critics argue it targets a problem that doesn’t exist.

  "This bill claims to fix a problem that is not happening."
  — DeBarros [05:05]

• Blumenthal argues that Trump historically sets up claims of voter fraud to sow chaos and undermine election results:

  "The Save America act feels like that's the answer. It feels like he wants to ... shenanigans within this election in 2026."
  [06:25]

3. Freedom under Fire: Ambassador Morris Tan and the Crisis in South Korea

Ambassador Morris Tan’s Case Explained

• (08:02–15:13)
  Bannon introduces Ambassador Tan, noting his key role as an election monitor and advocate for South Korea–US relations, and highlights the charges placed against him by the current South Korean regime.

  "I don’t think people fully realize that the CCP-aligned government in South Korea has you up on criminal charges. Is that correct?"
  — Bannon [08:26]

• Ambassador Morris Tan details his experience, describing the charges as "illegitimate lawfare":

  "It's wrong jurisdictionally. It's wrong procedurally and it's wrong substantively... This has no place being in the South Korean court at all for a US Citizen."
  [09:38]

• The heart of the allegation: Tan, during a US-based podcast in June 2025, referenced alleged crimes by the then-new Korean president—speech he argues is protected by the US Constitution’s First Amendment.

  "For a US citizen to speak on US soil, that is squarely protected by the US Constitution's First Amendment... right at the center of it because political speech is at the core of free speech."
  — Tan [11:04]

• After returning to Korea, he was suddenly subjected to a travel ban and denied due process:

  "Sometimes I hear through the news what is happening in my case because they're not letting me know. Notice is a central part of due process, and they're failing to follow that."
  [13:00]

Broader Geopolitical Implications

• Bannon and Tan discuss the alignment of the Korean government with Beijing, the weakening of the US-Korean alliance, and South Korea's reluctance to support America in regional conflicts:

  "The fake president of Korea has explicitly said that ... a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan, 'what does that have to do with us?' and ... 'I will answer [that] after aliens have invaded Earth.'"
  — Tan [21:03]

  "This is a regime that is destroying the alliance and destroying the preparedness of Korea ... and in fact is continuously opening up the country to a takeover from North Korea."
  — Tan [22:14]

• Tan compares his plight to an American being prosecuted in France for critical remarks about the French president, highlighting the extraterritorial and free-speech issues involved:

  "That's an analogy of what's going on here."
  [17:23]

Korean-American Community Response

• Tan describes a divided Korean-American community, with a conservative contingent actively opposing the Seoul regime and many traveling to Korea to protest.

  "You may have approximately a 2/3 to 1/3 liberal conservative split amongst Korean Americans. There are those who are applauding this regime and there are those who are just ignorant and don't know what's going on. And then you have a conservative contingent that cares deeply about this..."
  [24:57]

The Legacy of Charlie Kirk in Korea

• Charlie Kirk’s Impact: Tan recounts that Kirk’s final trip to South Korea was inspired by his Christian faith and the idea of resisting authoritarian drift. Kirk encouraged Koreans to embrace family, faith, and activism, sparking mass rallies and "we are Charlie Kirk" chants after his assassination.

  "Charlie Kirk wanted to be remembered most for his faith in God and standing for that and speaking out truth..."
  — Tan [31:04]

  "Young people marching through the streets of Korea chanting, 'we are Charlie Kirk.' ... They just identified with him so much that they said, 'we are Charlie Kirk.'"
  — Tan [33:47]

4. The Connecticut Front: The MAGA Movement and Congressional Campaign

• (36:04–47:58)
  DeBarros challenges political narratives that MAGA is losing the working class or minority America, blaming media and establishment "rino Republicans." He connects his grassroots campaign to Charlie Kirk’s legacy and critiques his Democratic opponent.

  "That's a fallacy and I think that's the, that's the propaganda spread by the left. And that's the main reason why the radical left assassinated Charlie Kirk."
  — DeBarros [37:14]

• Highlights the left’s supposed efforts to divide Americans and the growing support for MAGA policies in urban areas, especially among Black men.

  "Black men are rising up. And we're standing up together with MAGA ... These urban communities are gravitating more and more towards MAGA because the left is pushing this transgender ideology and indoctrinating their kids."
  — DeBarros [39:47]

• DeBarros sharply criticizes his Democratic opponent and rino Republicans for blocking the unification of working-class Americans:

  "The unification of black men and white men coming together, energizing the working class to push back against the uniparty. I call them Democrats masquerading as Republicans."
  [41:52]

5. Calls to Action, Social Media, and Notable Quotes

• Ambassador Tan shares his social media for support and awareness:

  "On X... at Morsehtan and then also on Truth Social and Facebook. Morse Tan ... Those are the four platforms I've engaged with."
  [35:13]

• DeBarros on how to support his campaign:

  "The barrelsforcongress.org go on my website. All my social media links..."
  [47:30]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

Ambassador Morris Tan:

• "Defamation is not a criminal charge in the United States. And that is what they are charging me with." [17:23]
• "This regime has dismantled the drone command, has replaced all the flag officers and even down through the colonels as well, all in one fell swoop." [22:14]
• "Young people marching through the streets of Korea chanting, 'we are Charlie Kirk.' ... We are Charlie Kirk." [33:47]

Jonathan DeBarros:

• "The unification of black men and white men coming together, energizing the working class to push back against the uniparty." [41:52]
• "I'm a firm advocate of everything that Charlie Cook stood for. That's why I have a groundswell of support on the grassroots level, because I'm pushing back against the establishment." [38:36]
• "I'm bringing everybody together. I'm unifying a united front. I'm a firm supporter of America first policies..." [46:01]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:00–01:25: Economic update—jobs report, stagflation, political landmines before midterms.
• 02:11–07:45: Birth tourism, Trump’s immigration order, debate over voter rights legislation (Save America Act).
• 09:38–14:23: Ambassador Morris Tan details South Korean criminal charges and procedural abuses.
• 21:03–24:57: Korea’s shifting position as a US ally, military policy, and the regime’s response to global conflict.
• 31:04–33:47: Charlie Kirk’s legacy and inspirational influence in South Korea.
• 36:04–47:58: Jonathan DeBarros on the Connecticut election, MAGA’s outreach, and fighting establishment Republicans.

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Final Thoughts

This episode of War Room delivers a wide-ranging, impassioned conversation about constitutional freedoms, the fate of democracy in South Korea, and the ongoing culture and political wars in the United States. It illustrates how domestic and international fronts are intertwined, with high-profile voices urging vigilance, grassroots organization, and political activism to resist both domestic establishment players and foreign authoritarian influence.

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Transcript

[Stephen K. Bannon]

The US Economy just slammed into reverse, or at least the labor market did, shedding 23,000 jobs last month and dropping a political landmine just 88 days before the midterms. Today's unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, which is great on its face, but only because more Americans stopped looking for work. We're also learning the job market was much weaker than we thought in May and June. It's an economic one two punch. Jobs are disappearing, at least last month, while prices remain high. Dangerous, mixed, reviving at least a little bit of fear about one of the most dreaded words in economics and politics, stagflation.

[Bill Cassidy]

It came down to Cassidy because Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins said they'd oppose Blanche, leaving the Louisiana senator as the actual make or break here. Murkowski argued today she doesn't trust that Blanche will push back on the president. Among other things, Cassidy seemed to suggest that it might not matter much, that in the end, Blanche is only there to advise Trump, but that Trump makes the final call. No matter who his attorney general is, he doesn't always take advice, cassidy said. Cassidy also argued that the vote itself was somewhat inconsequential, since Blanche could remain as acting AG even without confirmation. With the future of the Justice Department on the line, I want to bring in Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal. He's a member of the Judiciary Committee. Senator, what is your reaction to what you just heard from Bill Cassidy today, the reasoning that he laid out and basically how he got to, yes, even

[Richard Blumenthal]

an unenthusiastic one, Deep disappointment, because this vote is so cravenly wrong for the country as well as ultimately, I think, for Senator Cassidy, I think it will go down as one of his graver mistakes. And not surprising because I have predicted all along that Republicans would support Blanche in spite of his being unfit and his being more loyal to the president than to the Constitution or to the country? And so I am really disappointed, but not surprised.

[Ali (possibly Ali Alexander or another political commentator)]

Yes, for those of you who want to do your research on this, Section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality act gives the President this authority. 215 of the immigration and Nationality act, very rarely used, probably one of the strongest laws in the entire federal code gives him this power. And that's not the only, but it's the main statutory authority that's being used in this order. So birth tourism is by definition a fraud on the American system, on the American taxpayer, on the American visa. If you're coming here, and again, your stated purpose is that you're a tourist, then by definition, you are here to come for a few weeks, look what we have, engage in commerce and leave. So if you're telling a consular officer you're here as a tourist, but your true purpose and intent is to go to a baby mill, give birth, and try to mint an American citizen while you're here, then you're committing a fraud against the American government. And by definition, that visa can and should and will be now denied. To have a child, to make that child an automatic citizen, leave our country and then have a US Citizen child, it gives them access under this broken system to welfare benefits, ultimately to the voting booth and all the other rights and privileges that belong solely to Americans. So that practice of birth tourism is, as of the signing of this order, hereby banned.

[Bill Cassidy]

Are saying that this wouldn't run afoul of the Supreme Court's decision, but is that actually the case here? Where's the overlap? I'm not sure, Ali, that their view of this is going to be one shared by the Supreme Court. There are two different orders, as you noted. Let's start with the one that is perhaps more likely to stand up to legal scrutiny, which is the order that basically restricts the granting of visas to people who want to come to this country with the intent to overstay their visas and have children here. That grants some authority to the Secretaries of Homeland Security and state to restrict who visas are given to in the first instance. It's that second order that we're really going to see some court scrutiny about. And that's because there are very limited exceptions to who has birthright citizenship in this country. Almost everyone born in the country is considered a citizen. But there are a handful of exceptions. And through this executive order, you can see the Trump administration trying to stretch some of those exceptions as well as create others, particularly with respect to this practice that they call birth tourism. Okay, so let's dive a little bit deeper there, Corey, because the push is a big pillar of the plans. And I want to get your reaction to something that White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf said. Listen to that.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

We look very heavily at denying visas.

[Richard Blumenthal]

This list that President Trump seemingly wants. Right. We all. I kind of want to know also who would be on this list, but what I would do with that list as a reporter, what you would do at that list as a reporter with the American people would do with that list of their representatives who voted for the, quote, unquote, Save America act would be different than what Donald Trump wants it for.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

Well, yes, whoever votes for that bill is voting for a pretty blatantly bad bill that would suppress votes. And it's, we're here in, in August, you know, September, October, three months before the midterms. The President's popularity is in the toilet. Republicans are full on in reelection mode. They are very focused on appealing to voters, talking about affordability, talking about the economy, the things that regular people want to talk about and feel every day. And Trump is in the toilet with his ratings and talking about making, you know, 3am Rants on social media about an individual senator he may not like. He is driving us further into an unending war. He's doing all these things that are extremely unpopular as gas prices go up, you know, yada yada. So of course he's like, oh, well, if people are going to, you know, we got to protect the elections in November because widespread voter fraud, I guess. But that's the same thing. This is just another continuation of what happened in 2020. It's just unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. And in this case, it's this idea that people who are not citizens are going to be rushing to the polls to vote and that this bill will prevent that from happening. But the reality is it's already illegal for people to vote if you're not a citizen. So this bill claims to fix a problem that is not happening.

[Richard Blumenthal]

Yeah, I would go even further than 2020 and 2016. R. He lost to Ted Cruz in the Iowa caucus. He said it was because of some kind of voter fraud. In 2016, he said that in California, the numbers had to be fake because he lost the 3 million votes there. You know, when you are thinking of kind of how this election is going to play out, you know, I have always had the question, I think a lot of us reporters have had the question of whether why the President doesn't seem more concerned about the outcome of the election. Why doesn't he seem to be doing the things that we know presidents would do if they were trying to staunch the bleeding of supporters around the country, whether that be independents or independent leaning Republicans or Republicans or MAGA Republicans? And the Save America act feels like that's the answer. It feels like he wants to in some way shape or form shenanigans within this election in 2026. You know, Eugene, I think that that's a really good point. Is this is, I think, a setup for watching a Democratic wave hit the country this fall, failing completely to address affordability. He thinks it's a joke and a fraud, all that stuff. But I also think he's setting it up for the fall to say Mike Johnson don't seat these newly elected Democrats,

[Stephen K. Bannon]

it's all a fraud.

[Richard Blumenthal]

I think he's looking to do something to raise that level of chaos and uncertainty and to give Republicans in the fall, after the election is over, something to cling to, to try, as you said, a shenanigan here to, to, to deny the Democrats a victory this fall.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

It's Friday the 7th of August in the year of our Lord 2026 with everything going on. Todd Blanche now is going to be confirmed and hopefully sworn in, sworn in ASAP and get to work. I want to make sure that we prioritize some of the most important things that are going on on a Friday as a wrap up show tomorrow is going to be absolutely insane, as is today's show. I want to continue on because I got a tremendous amount of feedback. Ambassador Tan, Morris Tan joins us now from South Korea. Sir, I just want to go back over you're actually facing which was kind of a little bit confusing and it's on my shoulders why it was the audience didn't fully understand that one of the reasons that they're saying you're being held that you were one of the most important, I think, ambassadors we had in President Trump's first term. And you've been there for the South Korean people. And as you know, in the war room, I essentially lived in South Korea virtually on and off for a couple of years, had a lot of businesses there and just have, you know, given my experience in the military and then later think so highly of the South Korean people. And they're such a great ally and most importantly, such an important ally in this war against the Chinese Communist Party that they have initiated on us. I didn't think, I don't think people fully realize that the CCP aligned government in South Korea has you up on criminal charges. Is that correct?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

That's exactly right. So that could entail extensive jail time. It can entail a high fine, it can entail the removing of various rights and privileges. So those are the potential stakes of the really illegitimate lawfare that is happening because it is wrong jurisdictionally. It's wrong procedurally and it's wrong substantively. It's wrong jurisdictionally because this has no place being this should not be in the South Korean court at all for a US Citizen.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

But hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Before we go into all that, into the details, I just want to remind people, because we were at the worm shoulder to shoulder with you before we get to the procedure and why it's wrong, what exactly? Because we had you on the show all the time during this all important, the, the situation with the, the prior government and, and put, you know, going to martial law and then being reversed. It was a very confusing situation. It was an intense campaign. You wrote we had you on all the time. We had other, you know, Nina Kim and others, Grace, so many other people. Charlie Kirk went over there later. What exactly happened? Because we had you on all the time. What are they saying you specifically did and in what time frame? Because I think that would help people think through how crazy this is. So what are they talking about?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

So In June of 2025, I was with the rest of the election monitoring team, a number of wonderful people from the U.S. you know them, Brad Thayer, John Mills, Grant Newsham. And we were sharing about what we found as an election monitoring team in South Korea. And in the Q and A time, there was a question that was asked. And in response to that question, I had stated that it is reported that. And then I mentioned alleged crimes that have reportedly been committed by the person who has fraudulently seized the presidential office. And so for a US citizen to speak on US soil that is squarely protected by the US Constitution's First Amendment and it's right at the center of it because political speech is at the core of free speech and political speech about a public political figure is right in the dead center of what is protected by the US Constitution. So how is it then that this is being.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on a second. I just want to make sure we're very specific about this. I remember some of the great contributors, you know, Dr. Thayer, who's just coming out with a new book on our hundred year war against communism. Right on that. In June of 2025 on the election election monitoring, you know, podcast, and we'd have you guys on and you were doing streaming, you answered a question and you were in the United States, correct when you answered the question?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

That's correct.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

You answered the question. And this is why now when you visited Korea, they're not like you. They accused you, they charged you with a crime after you got to Korea, sir.

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Yes. What's also ironic about it is that they at first said there's no jurisdiction here because this was a US citizen speaking on US soil, but then they decide to reverse course after I came into the country this most recent time. And so then the police travel banned me and then the prosecutors travel banned me, and then I was given a third travel ban that runs through August 15th. I just found out today that the court has not allowed me to leave tomorrow. I had a ticket, and now I'm trying to rearrange that. And so these judges are not even giving me, do you know, due process by giving me notice of things. They're rejecting these appeals for stays on the travel ban, meaning to let me go, and they're rejecting those on the day when my flight is scheduled. And they're doing it around the time of my flight. And so they have failed to let me know about all sorts of major things. Sometimes I hear through the news what is happening in my case because they're not letting me know. Notice is a central part of due process, and they're failing to follow that.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Ambassador Morris Tan. This is one of the most outrageous things we've ever encountered in the war, and we've encountered a lot of outrageous things. A patriot and hero. Ambassador Morris Tan. Next in the war room,

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

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[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Jonathan DeBarros]

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[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Too hard to say.

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[Ambassador Morris Tan]

War room.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Here's your host, Stephen K. Bannon. Welcome back, Ambassador Tan. Tan is in still in South Korea. Given what you just laid out, Ambassador, go back to your how this is is so wrong. I mean, the audience is shocked. It was shocked yesterday. Now that we've clarified it even more. People remember, I mean, this, the War On Posse was essentially your audience of obviously people in South Korea, the election monitoring. And you had some of the, you know, John Mills is in the State Department today. Bradley Thayer is coming out with a huge book in the middle of August on the Hundred Year War against Communism. And a part of this book is about the CCP affiliated government, current government in the election issues that took place in South Korea. So how did they charge you and what did they charge you with? And then what is your defense? And how can we be of assistance to make sure that you are allowed to return to the United States and these charges are dropped?

[Trevor Comstock]

Sir?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Yeah, they have a category that doesn't even exist in the United States, criminal defamation. Defamation is not a criminal charge in the United States. And that is what they are charging me with. And I have three excellent attorneys. We are preparing for the, for day one of trial, which is September 11th of all days. And you know, if you look under Korean law at the time when the statements were made, if the statement was true or believed to be true and in the public interest, then it is protected. It is also protected constitutionally in the South Korean Constitution. Furthermore, South Korea has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and political rights, Article 19 of which protects free speech and free expression. And so whether it's under the U.S. constitution, whether it's under the Korean Constitution, or whether it's under this treaty that South Korea has ratified, there's no way that this should be deemed a meritorious case at all. It shouldn't even be in a South Korean court in the first place. If you imagine that someone in the US Decided to say something about Macron that Macron did not like, and the person decides to visit Normandy to think about D Day and what happened there, and then they are hauled into a court in France and they are not allowed to leave France because of the statement that they made about Macron back in the United States. That's an analogy of what's going on here.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

So what? Miko, once again, give me all your defenses about this. You talk about procedural. Just walk through the official defenses for this thing because obviously somebody in the State Department's got to get engaged on this because it's outrageous. We have an ambassador that was so prominent in the first term now under basically house arrest in South Korea. So walk us through it.

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

There's no jurisdiction by the court that due process has been violated by not giving me notice, and that it is protected by free speech law, whether Korean, American or international. And Furthermore, we have ways of getting at the truth of the allegations as well. And so we have material, we have documentary, we have circumstantial and other evidence in regards to the allegations of what had happened.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Ambassador, the situation continues to deteriorate in the South China Sea, around the Philippines, the Straits of Taiwan. With Taiwan, the Chinese military are not simply going through exercises, they're going through practice right. Right now with a potential military assault onto Taiwan. I don't think you look at any other way. What are your thoughts of that and particularly how Korea plays into that South Korea and what's going on with this current government? Can we count on, because I think some people in Washington are oblivious, are oblivious to this. Can people really going to be able to count on South Korea as the great ally it's always been, particularly in East Asia and around the South China Sea.

[Trevor Comstock]

Sir.

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Well, the fake president of Korea has explicitly said that he would that a cross strait invasion of Taiwan. What does that have to do with us? And he also said in response to somebody asking him again about this, he said, I will answer that question about what I would do about an invasion of Taiwan after aliens have invaded Earth. And so he has no commitment to do so and has stated such. And this is also the first time in the history of the Korean American alliance where the US Is fighting a war and the South Koreans are not right there with the Americans. And that is what is happening in the Iran war right now. This president has not only failed to help America in this fight, which is the first time in the history of the alliance, he is affirmatively sending money to the Iranians, in fact, and he is also accusing the Israelis of committing a holocaust.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

How is he sending money to the Iranians?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

He is doing in the name of humanitarian aid and sending it over. And this is in lieu of actually sending military help to America for America. In fighting alongside America, every single war prior to this that America has fought, the South Koreans were fighting alongside American forces under this fake president as well. You had a joint military exercise that was supposed to be between the us, Japan and South Korea. For the first time, as far as I'm aware, South Korea did not participate. And when the Chinese communists were building structures in the sea west of South Korea, rather than objecting to what the CCP is doing there, instead this regime was complaining that the US did not like that and was complaining to the US along these lines. And furthermore, they are arming the soldiers at the DMZ with batons. They are telling them if they are fired upon they need to write a report and not return fire. And can you just imagine, we are writing a report now. We are under fire, our soldiers are dying left and right, and we are writing this report and our soldiers are not allowed to fire back. This is ludicrous. They have destroyed counterintelligence both in the National Intelligence Service, NIS as well as the Defense Counterintelligence Command. This regime has dismantled the drone command, has replaced all the flag officers and even down through the colonels as well, all in one fell swoop. This is a regime that is destroying the alliance and destroying the preparedness of Korea to do the very sort of thing that you were describing, whether it was to. It would be to come to the defense of Taiwan or the Philippines or Japan for that matter. These are things that this regime is not prepared to do and in fact is continuously opening up the country to a takeover from North Korea as well. This is all the reality of what is happening in South Korea under this fake, illegitimate regime.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Some of the greatest patriots we have in our country in America are the South Koreans. South Korean Americans. Where do you think the Korean community in the United States, where do they stand on this? Particularly this issue with the CCP aligned government now in power in Seoul?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Yeah, you know, the Korean American community is not even as united as the Koreans in South Korea because the Koreans in South Korea are around 90% of the Koreans in South Korea consider the US to be the most important ally. You may have approximately a 2/3 to 1/3 liberal conservative split amongst Korean Americans. There are those who are applauding this regime and there are those who are just ignorant and don't know what's going on. And then you have a conservative contingent that cares deeply about this, a bunch of whom are flying into Korea to try to help fight against this, join the protests going on in the Olympic park and other places. And so that is a rough breakdown of how things. Look.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Let me ask you why, on the last weekend of his, of his life, Charlie Kirk, who was so, you know, about to go on this huge tour and had so many pressures on him, was doing so many things at the White House, why did he choose to go to. You know, because it's what, it's a 12 or 14 hour flight. I mean, and having done it so many times, you're so tired with jet lag. Grayson Mo went with him, but he went over for. Part of it was spiritual, the other was kind of practical, political. Why would Charlie Kirk think it was so important? I tell you what, I want this answer on the other side, Ambassador because I know our audience are huge supporters of Charlie Kirk. Ambassador Morris Tan is with us. The ambassador is under essentially house arrest in Korea. He's been charged with crimes just for questioning. Some of the issues that we did here in the war room and of course the election integrity monitoring, the election monitoring group that they had which had Colonel John Mills in it, Dr. Bradley Thayer, Colonel Grant Newsham, some of the standards or the stalwarts of the war room, including Colonel Mills is now in the government, actually in the State Department. So it's outrageous what they're trying to do with Ambassador Tan. We'll get back to his answer. Also a fire breather. You know, today on CNN they talked about the issues of maga, maybe particularly non college graduates losing confidence in the MAGA movement. We're going to have a guy from Connecticut that I think is going to set you right on that. A real warrior and he's running for Congress in Connecticut. 5 We're going to take a short commercial break. Burch Gold now more than ever, get the end of the dollar empire. Immerse yourself. You understand the fluctuations, why gold moves, the reason it moves, why it's been a hedge for 5,000 years of mankind's history. Birchgold.com Bannon End of the Dollar Empire Philip Patrick's gonna be with us tomorrow. You do not want to miss that. But you can make direct contact with him. Birchgold.com Ben and check it out today. Short break. Back in a moment. It feels like our country finally has momentum again with our leaders fighting to restore common sense in America first. But we've seen this before. Conservatives get comfortable and the left starts taking background inch by inch. We cannot let that happen in these midterms. America needs every one of us in the fight and a big part of that means supporting companies that actually stand for our values. That's why I'm proud to partner with Patriot Mobile. Patriot Mobile gives you premium priority nationwide service on any of the three major US networks so you get the coverage you need. Plus unlimited data plans, mobile hotspots, international roaming and 100% US based customer support. Switching is easy. Keep your phone, keep your number and activate in minutes. But Patriot Mobile is so much more than a great wireless service. They built a growing movement of America's defending faith, family, freedom and the future of this country by donating millions every year to organizations fighting for our freedoms. Go to patriotmobile.com bannon or call 972 Patriot use promo code Bannon for a free month of service. That's patriotmobile.com bannon or call 972 Patriot to make the switch today.

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

War Room.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Ambassador Morris Tan]

You know, Charlie Kirk wanted to be remembered most for his faith in God and standing for that and speaking out truth in defense of his faith in the Lord. And when you have a country like South Korea, which together with the United States are the top two missionary sending countries in the world, when you have a country like South Korea where 6 out of the 10 largest Christian churches in the world are in South Korea, when you have a country like South Korea that is the highest educated, most educated populace in the world, it has the most bandwidth per person in the world. And yet there are all these battles that are going on politically and otherwise that I think Charlie wanted to address. And I actually listened to and watched all of his speeches prior to his assassination. And so I think it's about the Great Commission. I think it's about helping the ally that resembles the United States the most in terms of the systems, in terms of the way the people think, the culture, not to mention just the love that the Korean people and Korean people have for America and for Americans. And so he was very warmly received. And I think the people who Were listening to him, found him very inspiring. He was encouraging people to also get married and have families, which is something that has been. Has gone down a lot in South Korea, sadly. And he addressed that issue as well. But I think it's about finishing the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ. I think it's about keeping this close blood ally from falling into these communizing hands that are currently wielding power in. In really overwhelming sorts of ways. And so Charlie really made a mark on his last international trip by coming to South Korea. So much so that after his death, you had young people marching through the streets of Korea chanting, we are Charlie Kirk. And that was something that was really powerful to see how they were so inspired by him and so encouraged by him and so challenged by what he had to share that they just identified with him so much that they said, we are Charlie Kirk.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Ambassador, one more time, quickly, the second what greatest people that send missionaries out throughout the world are the South Koreans? Am I correct in that?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

That's right. U.S. is number one. South Korea is number two. And it was American evangelical Christian missionaries that really pioneered Christianity into Korea in the late 1800s. Korea was unreached with the gospel of Jesus Christ until the late 1800s. And it was American missionaries that really pioneered it, started schools, started hospitals, did all sorts of things to bless the country. And for a country to become that Christian in such a short amount of time is, if not unprecedented, practically unprecedented in all of Christian history. And that too was very much tied in with the United States of America and the US Missionaries who came. I've studied that pioneer missionary period. It's greatly inspiring. I would encourage others to look at it as well. And it's a great chapter in the history of missions that has emerged out from the United States and in this case, into Korea.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Ambassador Tan, where do we go right now to find out more about your situation? And social media people want to get very involved in this. Where they go, sir?

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Yes. On X, which is very active along these lines with all sorts of Korean patriots involved in posting things at Morsehtan and then also on Truth Social and Facebook. Morse Tan is why go under on Facebook? I have a very small Instagram presence so far, just started. Those are the four platforms that I've engaged with.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Thank you, sir. Appreciate you. We look forward to having you back. And your fight is our fight. Fishback's running for governor of Florida and I asked him this question today after showing this tape. We have a individual that is a fighter and is running up in Connecticut. Tough territory. For the, for the, for a House seat. Let's go and play this clip. I want him to respond to it.

[Richard Blumenthal]

And chief data analyst Harry. So what's going on here?

[Stephen K. Bannon]

What is going on, Mr. Berman?

[Jonathan DeBarros]

What's going on?

[Stephen K. Bannon]

It's simple. Is the MAGA movement, Movement was built among the working class non college Americans. And take a look at this trend line that we're looking at in the data.

[Ali (possibly Ali Alexander or another political commentator)]

Here we go.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

Okay.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Net favorability rating, the MAGA movement, non college adults back in October of 2024.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

Look at that.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

On the plus side of ledger, positive plus six points down we go into the Atlantic Ocean. Now look at this movement now, -22 points. That is a shift, Johnny B. Of 2028 points away from the MAGA movement, away with non college Americans. So the bottom line is, is the group at which the Trump movement was built upon, they are shifting away and saying, we don't like MAGA anymore.

[Ambassador Morris Tan]

Same question, same poll here.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

This is really interesting. Let me have it. Let me have it. Jonathan DeBaros, you're running up in Connecticut five in a very tough primary. You're working class. Talk to me about it. What are you finding out? Is the working class moving away from the MAGA movement? And if so, what are you doing about it? Sir,

[Jonathan DeBarros]

I think that's a fallacy and I think that's the, that's the propaganda spread by the left. And that's the main reason why the radical left assassinated Charlie Kirk. Because they wanted to get away from the midterms. They knew that he had a big influence on the college campuses and they wanted to make sure that his message didn't resonate this midterm. So what I'm doing is I'm energizing the base. I flew out to Turning Point USA to Amfest, and I saw you on stage as well. And Charlie Kirk is alive and well in the hearts and minds of countless young leaders throughout our nation.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan. Hang on. What do you mean about that? What do you mean that Charlie Kirk is alive and well? Because I cut off that clip. But they said, hey, among young people, non college educated young people, you're seeing a big shift in, among college educated people away from maga. So what do you mean as you go out? Because you're a retail politician, right? You don't have the money to go up on TV and all the traditional things, you're doing this the MAGA way. What do you see? What's the feedback you're hearing from people? How can you make the case that Charlie Kirk and his mission and what he stood for is alive and well.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

Everybody that I'm speaking to from urban communities and rural communities, these young kids are actually, they've registered as Republicans and they're excited about my campaign. And I'm a firm advocate of everything that Charlie Cook stood for. That's why I have a groundswell of support on the grassroots level, because I'm pushing back against the establishment and Charlie Kirk's black leadership summits going across college campuses around the world, speaking to black Americans, letting them know that the biggest threat to our community was the absentee father. You take the father out of the household, is going to reduce the economic power within side our communities. And that's exactly what the left wants to do. And hang on a second, Jonathan.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Hang on, hang on, hang on. Haven't you the left, the MSNBC and the New York Times and the Guardian and all these left wing sites say guys like you, you're like, you're like my brother Royce White, they've just said you've just thrown in with a bunch of white races, white working class races, because it's economically beneficial to you. What's your response to that?

[Jonathan DeBarros]

I mean, that's a fallacy and we know it. President Trump got in his first term, I believe he got about 8% of the black vote and then 12% in 2020. And then even after George Floyd and all the George Soros paid protests, President Trump's popularity in the black community doubled in 2024. And as the left, as the left moves further left, black men are rising up. And we're standing up together with maga. Trust me, look at Flip Philly Red, Flip Chicago Red. These urban communities are gravitating more and more towards MAGA because the left is pushing this transgender ideology and indoctrinating their kids. I mean, 75% of the kids in the largest city in my district, which is the city of Waterbury, are graduating reading below their grade level. Jahana Hayes, my Democratic combat, who's a black American woman who comes from the same city as me, which is Waterbury, Connecticut, the black community are excited about voting for me because she doesn't do anything for them. And she got teacher the year from her school right before she became congresswoman and the year that she became teacher of the year, 22% of the kids were only reading proficiently, 6% were proficient in arithmetic. All the rest couldn't read and write on a grade level. And she became national teacher of the year when Obama was in office because her handler, who is Christopher Murphy. Senator Christopher Murphy groomed her for that position and took advantage of the photo op that Obama had while he was in the White House. We know that's a fallacy in our community. She hasn't done.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Your message is so powerful and so strong. Why is your your biggest pushback right now? Not is not even the Democrats, it's the Rhino Republicans. Why is it the country club Republicans and the Rhino Republicans in Connecticut, what do they find so threatening about you?

[Jonathan DeBarros]

The unification of black men and white men coming together, energizing the working class to push back against the uniparty. I call them Democrats masquerading as Republicans. That's what a Rhino is. Republican in name only. Those are the races. So when black Americans ask me aren't there the Republicans racist. I said no, the Democrats are racist. Look at their policies. And any Rhino that's in my way, they're in my way because they don't want me to liberate black people. I mean since Bacon's Rebellion, I mean that was the first time they came up with the cop the concept of a white man anyway because they wanted to. They feared when indentured servants, you know, white slaves and black slaves came together, it scared the hell out of the British Empire and they had to find a way to keep us divided with a caste system. And that's what I'm pushing back against here in Connecticut. That same psychological oppression, self imposed impressive pressure that the Democrats are putting on the black community telling black people that they they're not smart enough to get an id, they're not smart enough to be self sufficient, they're not, they're not psychologically capable to exercise the second Amendment right to bear arms responsibly.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Ambassador Morris Tan]

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[Jonathan DeBarros]

Sir, my cook partisan index rating is a D plus 3 as a swing district. The only way that you could win this seat you gotta aggressively campaign against the Democrats on their own turf. You need about 40% of the urban vote split between four cities. I have overwhelming support in the cities and in the rural areas. I'm bringing everybody together. I'm unifying a united front. I'm a firm supporter of America first policies and if I get elected in November, which I will, is going to energize our base to prepare us to back our presidential on ticket in 2028. And I'm unify the entire country and we're going to come together and we're going to fight back against the communists in America and take back our country and give President Trump and everybody else down the line the support that they need to keep our constitutional republic free and safe.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Real quickly, Jonathan, are you finding that America first mega message, is it resonating in the minority community? Are you finding that?

[Jonathan DeBarros]

Absolutely. Especially when we got 15 to 20 million illegals that the Democrats put before black people who fought in the American Revolution and in the Civil War and every war that you could think of to defend this land with their blood, sweat and tears. Absolutely.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

Jonathan, where do people go right now to your website to find more information about you? If they want to donate, they got an option. If they want to volunteer, they got an option where they go right now.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

The barrelsforcongress.org go on my website. All my social media links. I'm on all social media platforms. The links are below. The contribution links from Winrad and A dot are all listed on my website. Thank you for.

[Ali (possibly Ali Alexander or another political commentator)]

Thank you.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

God bless America. Look, thank you.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

We look forward to, we look forward to following this closely through August 11th. Thank you, sir. Thank you for coming on.

[Jonathan DeBarros]

Thank you, sir.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Jonathan DeBarros]

Okay.

[Stephen K. Bannon]

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[Ambassador Morris Tan]

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