All of them, including people we're quite fond of and some who we used to be fond of, have to be primaried," Bannon said in an apparent reference to Greene. Bannon has called on all 149 House Republicans who backed the debt ceiling bill to be primaried. Among the GOP figures who voted for the bill were Greene and fellow Trump loyalists Jim Jordan of Ohio and Kentucky's Thomas Massie.īannon, a former White House chief strategist for the Trump administration, has now demanded that the GOP House members who supported the debt ceiling deal "all have to be primaried" including those who have gained support from the MAGA base.įormer White House chief strategist for the Trump administration Steve Bannon speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center, on March 3, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. On May 31, the House voted to suspend the debt limit through January 2025 and cut spending by at least $1.5 trillion by 314-117 votes- 149 from Republicans and 165 from Democrats. Speaking on his War Room podcast, the top Donald Trump ally hit out at those in the Republican Party who voted for the bipartisan bill negotiated between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy while urging they be challenged to run for office again by their own party. Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has called on all 149 House Republicans who voted to increase the debt ceiling to be primaried while appearing to take particular issue with Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene's support of the deal.
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