Steve Bannon called on Senator Rick Scott to lead a Republican effort to bring Democrat Joe Manchin into the GOP.
's Chris Wallace that he's holding out hope that enough of his Republican colleagues will"vote for what they know is right" even if it's against party lines.Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court on August 20, 2020 in the Manhattan borough of New York City. On Monday, Bannon urged Senate Republicans to bring Democrat Joe Manchin into the GOP.
"I'm not being naive," Manchin replied."I think [Mitch McConnell is] 100 percent wrong in trying to block all the good things that we're trying to do for America. It would be a lot better if we had participation and we're getting participation." "I'm going to continue to keep working with my bipartisan friends," he added."There were 33 Democrats in 2017 that signed a letter to please save the filibuster and save our democracy. That's what I'm trying to do."from leadership and questioned the legitimacy of three Democratic Senate wins in the last election.
"Take control," he said."Mark Kelly in Arizona—we're going to find out with the full forensic audit, [he] was not elected U.S. Senator. Both senators down in Georgia are not legitimate." "The whole legitimacy question because of the pounding, the pounding, the pounding of the three November movement to get to the bottom of this," Bannon added.
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