'It's a misdemeanor!' Steve Bannon lashes out as MSNBC labels him 'convicted felon'
Conservative podcast host Steve Bannon lashed out at MSNBC Tuesday after he was labeled as a "convicted felon."
During a segment on his War Room program, Bannon talked about his plan to replace up to 10 million government employees with supporters of Donald Trump.
"But don't forget, please, don't ever forget the 8 million, I think there's 18 million contractors overall, if you count every, you know, every person that they pay," he said. "But I think there's like 8 million executive or quasi-executive. Those contracts can all be canceled and should be canceled and will be canceled."
He then argued that Democrats — not Republicans — were violating political norms.
"You indicted a president, what, 10 times with 91 charges, 700 years in prison, and you're trying to put him in prison in the New York situation, on the situation with the woman from years ago, with taking his company away and the $500 million fine, and then what happened with the Alvin Bragg fiasco, disaster, embarrassment," Bannon complained. "That's your norm? Well, hey, it ain't America's norm, and it's not gonna be in America's norm."
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Bannon complained that a TikTok post from MSNBC called him a "convicted felon," which could prevent him from consorting with Trump.
"And now the White House, it's reported, the White House is saying, hey, [Biden has] got to lean into the convicted felon," he opined. "And by the way, MSNBC producers, you've got to be better."
"When you put up a TikTok that's got me in there, I'm not a convicted felon," Bannon griped. "It's a misdemeanor."
"You ought to get a staff that can do some checking for accuracy."
A federal judge recently ordered Bannon to report to prison on July 1 after he was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress.
Before leaving office, Trump pardoned Bannon after he was charged with felonies for allegedly defrauding donors with a charity scam.