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The political harassment of Steve Bannon, host of the War Room program, continued on Thursday after Democrat Joe Biden’s disastrous speech when Bannon’s home was swatted for the second time in two months.
The response from law enforcement included a massive showing of first responders who had been sent to the location and into action after getting notice of fake gun violence at Bannon’s residence.
So while Joe Biden was being televised calling Trump’s supporters terrorists and fascists, Bannon was being targeted for more political persecution and abuse by an anonymous hoaxster who used law enforcement to raid his home again, with weapons drawn.
Bannon, a former strategist for President Donald J. Trump and an instrumental figure in the America First populist movement behind Trump’s success, is the obvious target of the opposition who want to keep Trump and all of his supporters away from their Washington DC honeypot.
Bannon keeps having successes in igniting average Americans into powerful political activism, so it is apparent that the swatting action is an attempt to frighten Bannon into inaction.
Bannon, a Navy veteran, appears to be unmovable in his plan to save the Republic.
Swatting is the new weapon that political opponents of America First supporters have used, exploiting law enforcement and first responder resources, and obviously meant to terrify homeowners and their neighborhoods by placing an anonymous hoax call to the police about a violent crime at a targeted home.
Numerous high-profile conservatives have been ‘swatted’ in the last year, proving the action is a political weapon with a political bias. So far there has been little to no discussion about the consequences of these corrupt actions against American citizens.
DC’s metropolitan Police confirmed on Thursday that they had been called to Bannon’s residence at 7:17 PM local time on reports of gun violence.
According to the police, after further investigation, it was determined that no shots were fired and that there was no active threat to the community. There were no injuries.
In addition to the police, fire brigade and ambulances were also sent to the house.
This is not the first time Bannon has had his home “swatted.” In July, officers swarmed the same location following what turned out to be the first false report that there was a man with a ‘high powered rifle’ who was threatening to ‘shoot everyone.
After the first swatting episode in June, Bannon, who was unshaken, was quick to thank the police, according to one CBS reporter.
“The police were terrific,” Steve Bannon says after a massive police presence cleared his street. @DCPoliceDept just provided a briefing saying there was a false 911 call of a shooting on this block. MPD did not name Bannon’s house as a target. pic.twitter.com/VhBvGcrMi1
— Liz Brown-Kaiser (@lizbrownkaiser) July 8, 2022
The Daily Mail in their report about the situation, added details about Bannon’s statements on the War Room, almost hinting that Bannon’s strong advocacy against Biden might be somehow connected to the swatting episode:
“This week, Bannon, 68, floated a bizarre idea to have Trump ‘reinstated’ as president during an interview with Rudy Giuliani on the former’s War Room podcast.
Bannon said: ‘We don’t need another national election. It’s called a contingent election. Let’s start the contingent election this week. Let’s do it. There should be another election.’
On Saturday, speaking at an event in Missouri alongside Mike Lindell, Bannon endorsed controversial congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene as the next speaker of the house.
His comments came on the back of Trump’s claims that he should be reinstated and another election called in the wake of developments that Facebook suppressed the infamous New York Post Hunter Biden laptop story,” the outlet reported.
The swatting message was delivered to Bannon, interestingly on the exact same night that Biden delivered a bombastic and threatening speech to the supporters of Trump, who will likely be the Republican forerunner in 2024 against Biden.
Perhaps Biden is worried that Bannon with join Trump on the campaign trail and then into the White House. Was Biden’s speech from Philadelphia a threat to Bannon?
Even left-leaning NPR was slightly uncomfortable with the violent tone of Biden’s Thursday speech reporting:
“Biden and the White House had an unusual prime-time address that broke no news or made any big announcements. Instead, Biden took the opportunity to elevate Trump and make it a choice between what Biden and Democrats stand for and MAGA Republican extremism, as he sees it, and their rising influence in positions of power throughout the country,” the outlet reported.
“I believe America is at an inflection point,” the president said in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the same city where he launched his 2020 presidential campaign, “one of those moments that determine the shape of everything that’s to come after. And now America must choose to move forward or to move backward.”
Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason smacked a bit at Biden by quoting Biden’s response to the hecklers at Biden’s speech who were yelling ‘F you Joe’, writing, “‘Good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from,’ @POTUS says about protesters at his speech, in which he accused former President Trump and ‘MAGA Republicans’ of threatening the foundation of U.S. democracy. The White House said earlier today the speech was not political.”
CBS News correspondent Ed O’Keefe similarly wrote, “Like or loathe what he said tonight, it should be noted: The president spoke tonight on the grounds of a national park, flanked by US Marines, and took direct, specific aim at his predecessor and members of the Republican Party. Another thing we don’t see everyday.”
CNN correspondent Jeff Zeleny added, “There’s nothing unusual or wrong with a President delivering a political speech — it’s inherent in the job description — but doing it against a backdrop of two Marines standing at attention and the Marine Band is a break with White House traditions.”
The violent threats from the Democrats are clear- and the timing of the high-profile swatting is curious.
Source: The Republic Brief