“You are a bunch of lying f*cking scumbags. You terrorize, you try to terrorize Supreme Court justices over a decision that didn’t go your way.”
In a recent interview with PBS’ Frontline program, War Room host Steve Bannon criticized the outlet for expressing concerns about "rhetoric" from President Donald Trump, but not when Supreme Court justices were targeted in the wake of the Roe v Wade decision.
"You can’t let these radical judges do it. And this is going to be a showdown. It has to be a showdown," Bannon said.
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View on X"And the rhetoric about the judge, because a lot of lawyers say, you know, all of the rhetoric, calling for impeachment, the radical left lunatic, that this rhetoric, it shouldn’t—that's not the type of thing the President should say. He should appeal. He should abide by the court ruling and not—," the PBS interviewer asked before being cut off.
"Listen, by the way, was there any complaint from PBS, or was there any complaint by the Democrats on the rhetoric used against the judges when the Roe v Wade decision came out and they had to have police protection at their houses?" Bannon asked. "I don't remember, I don't remember anything about the rhetoric being too high."
"You guys are so f*cking phony on the face of it. This is why we're defeating the left. The American people, they see this, they go, these guys are a bunch of f*cking lying scumbags, which you are a bunch of lying f*cking scumbags. You terrorize, you try to terrorize Supreme Court justices over a decision that didn't go your way."
Bannon said that he is now "a huge believer of playing by the system," explaining that he was not saying to impeach judges "right now ... that's for the House of Representatives to decide."
"However, the Judiciary Committee should immediately get Beryl Howell and Boasberg in immediately for a public hearing about their conduct. Absolutely. And let's put it before the American people. Let's put what these two have done, these two are radicals, put them on notice. You put them through this process, whether you impeach them or not, all these other judges are going to fold.
"Here's what we know, if you take power and exert it, this system's not so tough. You know why? They're all gutless cowards. They've all hid behind the system for decades and decades."
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