Former Trump adviser and campaign manager Steve Bannon criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday following the failure of a spending bill.
After Prime Minister Johnson’s spending bill was defeated due to opposition from Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump’s removal from office, Bannon viciously attacked the House speaker. in episode In “Bannon’s War Room,” Bannon didn’t mince words.
“Oh my god, if you don’t, this thing might be done. I mean, think about what we have to do here. We need a metaphorical water job, we’re on the ramparts. We have to get our people in place and stand up like the people today,” Bannon said. “I cannot vote for this bill under any circumstances and I must tell you once and for all that I will… If I vote to raise my own pay. I vote for some of the people who are buried in raises, I vote to opt out of Obamacare, and I won’t get a raise if you do that.”
Steve Bannon: “Mike Johnson has to go” pic.twitter.com/NoDWIGzCBW
— Bannons WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) December 18, 2024
Bannon noted that the nation is looming $40 trillion in debt, and interest payments alone are expected to be astronomical.
“What I’m saying is, that’s $40 trillion. In 400 days, as certain as the rotation of the Earth. And we’re not going to pay off a penny of that amount of debt. I don’t have a penny to pay back. Hmm, because this is not the net amount, but I don’t know if the total interest expense will be $1.2 trillion, $1.3 trillion, $1.4 trillion, but I think it’s a little high if you add it all together.” he said.
Bannon also slammed the lack of transparency and accountability in Johnson’s leadership and questioned why stronger demands were not made, even though the speaker did not reveal details of the bill. I saw it.
“Yes, clean up and reform and look at what we have here. So corrupt, so incompetent, so gutless. Why didn’t you ask for it? He won’t show you things. Why didn’t you demand that? Why kick down the door and say, look, we’re coming up here in the ’20s,” Bannon added. “You’re not going to play games. You guys aren’t going to give us anything and it’s going to look like fools, because you all look like fools… He He has to go, he has to go.”
this bill should not be passed https://t.co/eccQ6COZJ4
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024
House Republicans are actively debating a continuing resolution that would fund the government through March 14, with many criticizing leaders for including secretive and unnecessary provisions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pushed ahead with a 1,500-page spending bill, vowing to end the “horrible tradition” of last-minute Christmas omnibus packages in September. (Related article: ‘Dumpster fire’: Conservative MPs slam ‘fundamentally unserious’ spending bill negotiated by House of Commons leadership)
The spending bill would ensure that lawmakers receive their first pay raises in 15 years. The continuing resolution includes provisions for cost-of-living adjustments at a time when many Americans are grappling with soaring inflation under President Joe Biden’s administration.
Vivek Ramaswamy and the mask too criticized Federal Funding Bill.
“This bill will ultimately hurt many of the people it is trying to help. Debt-fueled waste may feel ‘feel good’ today, but it is like dousing addicts with cocaine.” It’s not mercy, it’s cruelty,” Ramaswamy said. I wrote X, formerly known as Twitter.
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