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Bannon`s War Room

Episode 5071: Victory Through Tariffs; On The Ground In Minnesota

15 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What did President Trump say about the Insurrection Act?

0.031 - 5.82 Steve Bannon

President Trump threatened invoking the Insurrection Act today in the Truth Social Post. I'm wondering what his tipping point is.

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5.84 - 8.564 Unknown

Like, what would it take for him to invoke the Insurrection Act?

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8.884 - 22.545 Steve Bannon

Look, that's only a question, frankly, Reagan, the president can answer. But the Insurrection Act is a tool at the president's disposal. As you know, it has been used sparingly, but it has been used by previous presidents in American history.

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22.525 - 45.608 Steve Bannon

And I think the president's Truth Social Post spoke very loud and clear to Democrats across this country, elected officials who are using their platforms to encourage violence against federal law enforcement officers who are encouraging left-wing agitators to unlawfully obstruct legitimate law enforcement operations.

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46.029 - 68.682 Steve Bannon

And if you talk to any law enforcement officer, no matter what level they work at, They want to be working with their counterparts, whether that's at the federal level or the federal authorities wanting to work with their counterparts at the state and local level. And it's truly shameful that now for more than a year, you've had elected Democrat governors and mayors who have

68.662 - 85.776 Steve Bannon

basically held their state and local law enforcement hostage and told them, you cannot cooperate with federal law enforcement. Why? They cooperated under the Biden administration. It's because these Democrats are deranged in their hatred for President Trump, and they are holding their state and local law enforcement hostage as a result.

85.756 - 89.24 Steve Bannon

And these Democrat mayors and governors are doing this over what?

Chapter 2: What are the implications of invoking the Insurrection Act?

89.801 - 113.029 Steve Bannon

Over the lawful and legitimate law enforcement operations to remove violent criminals from the streets of Minnesota, from the streets of California, from the streets of New York, and from the streets of every state across this country. And you don't see these riots and this vandalism taking place in states like Florida, Why?

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Because you have a governor in that state who has empowered federal and local authorities to work together. And it's despicable what we're seeing from these Democrat politicians, especially in sanctuary states and cities across the country.

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On top of it, the administration appears to want more confrontation, not less, saying ICE agents have absolute immunity, calling demonstrators domestic terrorists and accusing the governor and the mayor of encouraging violence against law enforcement. Quote, waltz and fright. I'm focused on stopping you from your terrorism by whatever means necessary.

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That's what Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on X, adding that this is not a threat. It's a promise.

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158.097 - 183.28 Madison Sheehan

And we must, finally, we must, we must reform ICE. But it looks at this stage, folks, ICE is beyond reform. ICE is totally out of control. And this week I intend to introduce a bill to abolish ICE. We need to make ICE go away.

Chapter 3: How do law enforcement officials feel about cooperation with federal authorities?

184.323 - 205.153 Madison Sheehan

2003, before 2003, without ICE, various federal agencies were able to take care of business, and we can do this without ICE. But we do not need the murderers. We do not need these paramilitary organizations, members on our street.

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207.837 - 229.212 Steve Bannon

This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies, because we're going to medieval on these people. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you try to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.

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229.412 - 239.423 Jack Posobiec

And where do people like that go to share the big lie? Mega media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.

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239.403 - 249.744 Steve Bannon

Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.

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Chapter 4: What criticisms are directed at Democrat governors regarding law enforcement?

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War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Band. It's Thursday, 15 January, in the year of our Lord, 2026. Thank you for coming back and joining the late afternoon, early evening edition of The War Room. Of course, it's 6 o'clock on Monday, Tuesdays, and Thursdays now, at least until February. We're going to try to go five days a week then. We have The War Room Texas as we focus on the...

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277.456 - 300.763 Steve Bannon

Issues about the Islamic takeover of Texas and what's being done to confront that and roll it back leading up to the March 3rd primary where Proposition 10 banning Sharia law in Texas is on the ballot. The Brothers Posobiec joined me, Kevin Posobiec, last night in the heat of the action in Minneapolis. We streamed everything last night. Huge audience and people very excited.

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intense on this and focus. Jack Posobiec is going to co-host Right Shotgun with me. Sheila Mather is going to join us. We're going to also go back to the White House.

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Chapter 5: What are the arguments for and against the abolishment of ICE?

308.954 - 330.161 Steve Bannon

We had Neil McCabe and Brian Glenn, their big activity today, particularly around the opposition leader, bringing her Nobel Prize, her Nobel Medal to the White House. And we'll find out, we'll answer the question, did she leave it? Was it accepted? But first, I'm so honored. Madison Sheehan. Madison was deputy number two over at ICE.

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Just announced she's stepping down to run for Congress in Ohio 9 against Marcy Kaptur. Boy, we have focused on that seat for many, many years. Madison, first off, as your deputy in ICE, just give us your assessment. How is ICE? I mean, we're obviously in the war room. We're huge supporters of ICE. We covered everything last night.

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351.948 - 370.009 Steve Bannon

We did the whole first hour of the show on the activities of this insurrection that's going on. We're big advocates for President Trump, number one, to invoke the Insurrection Act and also on 1 February stopped giving federal money to random states like California, Illinois, New York and Minnesota.

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Chapter 6: What insights does Madison Sheehan provide about her experience at ICE?

370.589 - 373.933 Steve Bannon

Give us your assessment of how did the institution do while you were there, ma'am?

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375.196 - 393.154 Unknown

Well, look, the men and women of ICE are the bravest law enforcement agents in the country. They go out every single day and remove rapists, murderers, and gang members. While I was at ICE, we had the opportunity to go from 20,000 employees to over 30,000 law enforcement officers that go out and enforce the law.

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And they enforce the law that was written by Congress, the same law that Marcy Kaptur wrote in the 90s, is what law enforcement officers at ICE are enforcing today. And that's why I want to go beat Marcy Kaptur in the Ohio 9th District, because she

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continues to use this dangerous rhetoric against ICE officers who go out every day and do their jobs when she voted for the very laws that they're enforcing. And ICE has been so successful thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem and allowed our officers to go out and do their jobs.

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431.845 - 453.837 Steve Bannon

You've got a lot of fans obviously here, Bovino, what you guys have been doing, Homan, Kristi Noem, the whole crowd, no back down. But we have a thin bench. Do you think it's the best use of your obviously extraordinary capabilities to actually be in the line of fire with ICE or to go into the line of fire in Congress, ma'am?

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What I know is President Trump needs fighters in Congress. He needs people who can work towards this agenda that he's put together that 77 millions of Americans voted on. And I'm going to go to Congress to fight for him in that capacity. It's been an honor to serve President Trump as the deputy director of ICE.

Chapter 7: How does the discussion shift to the current political climate in Minnesota?

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But going to Congress allows us to pass the laws that President Trump needs to continue to make America great, make America more prosperous. It allows us to continue to move forward as a nation to pursue the America First agenda.

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489.642 - 507.313 Steve Bannon

With the ICE agents, and I know you're bringing people in and training them up. If you had to take a vote just of ICE right now, the leadership and below, would they recommend to the president that he invoke the Insurrection Act or they still think, hey, let's give this a while to play out?

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Well, look, President Trump understands these issues better than anyone. He understands exactly what the United States needs for us to be able to be successful and allow our officers to do our jobs. But at the end of the day, this is a problem with governors like Governor Tim Walz and the mayor of Minneapolis, who continue to use this dangerous rhetoric that puts law enforcement officers at risk.

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go out every single day to enforce the law as it's written. We don't get to pick winners and losers. We continue to go out and remove gang members, murderers and rapists. And President Trump has great judgment on being able to support these law enforcement officers like he has his entire career.

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550.766 - 558.276 Steve Bannon

Can you tell people, give us a little bit of your background, we've got a few minutes here, your background. What are people in Ohio 9, who are they voting for?

559.471 - 561.733 Unknown

Absolutely. Well, I grew up in Northwest Ohio.

Chapter 8: What actions are being proposed to address the unrest in Minnesota?

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I grew up on a small family farm here, went to the Ohio State University and was a college athlete, had the opportunity to work for Governor Kristi Noem in South Dakota. And then I went to Louisiana and served as a cabinet secretary for wildlife and fisheries for Governor Landry, overseeing both law enforcement efforts and conservation efforts, serving on the unified command, and then went to ICE.

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And at ICE, we were able to deport over 2.5 million illegal aliens. We assisted President Trump in removing dangerous alien criminals from our streets, and we've made America safer. And as I get into this race, what I know is that the people of Northwest Ohio have been neglected for 43 years of Marcy Kaptur.

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And I'm going to bring them a voice into the district that can fight for them in Washington, D.C., and can stand up with President Trump and fight for his agenda every single day.

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617.69 - 626.984 Steve Bannon

Ma'am, where do people go on social media to follow you, your coordinates, and your campaign site? People, I'm sure, are going to want to know a lot about you and potentially support you.

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628.346 - 645.553 Unknown

Absolutely. You can go to Sheehan for Ohio. It's S-H-E-A-H-A-N for Ohio. Go to the website. I would appreciate any donations and any support on that website as we continue to kick this off. Very excited to get in this race because I am the only person in this race that can beat Marcy Kaptur.

648.132 - 657.426 Steve Bannon

Madison Sheehan, thank you so much for your time at ICE, assisting the president of the country, and good luck on your race. Thank you, ma'am.

657.446 - 657.826 Unknown

Thank you.

660.81 - 682.958 Steve Bannon

Jack Posobiec, that's a young generation coming up of fighters. Your thoughts? Well, Steve, look, you see jumping from one fire straight into another, going from being the deputy director of ICE. You see there. No, I mean, it just shows the caliber of people that are in this movement, that are in this fight, that are members of the posse, that are members of the administration. They go from ICE.

683.158 - 696.797 Steve Bannon

You see Commander Bovino when he's out there. Something happens out in Minneapolis. He's there within seconds. I'm telling you that they snap their fingers. He's immediately on. He doesn't need to do that, by the way. He doesn't need to go out there and put himself in the line of fire, put himself in danger.

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