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The growing reputation of Steve Bannon

Nov 22, 2016, 4:30 PM

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I initially learned of Steve Bannon from people I know who have worked with him, including Ben Shapiro, who has written at length about the man. 

The reputation Bannon has is that he is in it for himself; that Bannon wants raw power; that Bannon is not afraid to crush people that get in his way.

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Now, the reputation that the Left is pitching is that Bannon is an arch conservative. I don’t buy that because I’ve learned of his desire to build $1 trillion dollars in (so called) infrastructure. 

But he does have big ideas about culture. 

The Left is also telling us that he’s an anti-Semite. He has said some distasteful things, but I haven’t found any hard indications that Steve Bannon is an anti-Semite.

Bannon did create a movie called “Generation Zero” that talks about the crash of 2008 and how we got there. What impressed me about the film is that it shows Steve Bannon to be one heck of a whistleblower.

Bannon wrote and directed the film and it shows his understanding of how crony capitalism has affected the bloodline of America. He understands that the big banks and big business no longer have any relationship to capitalism.  

As always, please listen to the full audio clip for complete context.

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