Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon said an 'army of patriots' and 'shock troops' should take over the government if Trump runs and wins in 2024
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Via: tessylo • 5 years ago • 108 commentsBy: Cheryl Teh, Business Insider
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Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon said an 'army of patriots' and 'shock troops' should take over the government if Trump runs and wins in 2024
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and the former White House advisor Steve Bannon on Thursday floated the idea that an organized "army of patriots" could take over the government if Donald Trump were to win in 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Rep. Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon mused about the chance of a 2024 presidential win by Donald Trump.
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Gaetz said an "army of patriots" should get ready now to "fight" for the US.
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Bannon said "shock troops" divided into teams could take over some 4,000 government positions.
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and the former White House advisor Steve Bannon floated an idea that an "army of patriots" and "shock troops" should be prepared to take over the government if former President Donald Trump were to run and win in 2024.
During Thursday's episode of Bannon's "War Room" podcast , he and Gaetz outlined their plan if Trump should win.
Trump has not yet publicly announced he is running in 2024.
"People didn't like that Donald Trump raised his voice, but sometimes you gotta raise your voice to raise a ruckus and to raise an army of patriots who love this country and will fight for her," Gaetz said.
"We're going to operationalize the performance to go right after the people who are imposing the vaccine mandates, who are enriching themselves, and who are selling out the country," Gaetz added.
Bannon then went on to suggest to a nodding Gaetz that there should be a "theory of governing" before elaborating on what his plan would be if Trump were to be president again.
"It's fresh and it's new. This is Trumpism in power. That's when we went to the 4,000 shock troops we have to have that's going to man the government. Get them ready now. Right?" Bannon said. "We're going to hit the beach with the landing teams and the beachhead teams and all that nomenclature they use when President Trump wins in 2024 — or before."
Bannon went on to suggest that these 4,000 shock troops would then become "political appointees."
"On Capitol Hill, you're going to have Gaetz, and others," Bannon said. "No more powderpuff derby. This is going to be hardcore accountability at every committee."
"And we're going to go after this administrative state and we're going to start at the Department of Justice and the FBI. That's the job I want. You know, send me over to the Judiciary Committee and their sphincters will tighten because they have been doing a lot of corrupt things over there," Gaetz said in response to Bannon's suggestion.
It is unclear what Gaetz and Bannon meant, specifically, with references to an "army of patriots" and "shock troops." Representatives for Gaetz and Bannon did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.
In October, Bannon made a similar, albeit less detailed suggestion when calling into NBC News .
"If you're going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it, then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately," Bannon said. "I gave 'em fire and brimstone."
In November, Bannon appeared in court to face criminal contempt charges for defying a subpoena to sit for a deposition and produce documents related to the January 6 Capitol riot. The former White House chief strategist faces two criminal contempt-of-Congress charges , and his trial date is set for July 18.
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Wow, just wow. Is the left really that far out in their own TDS driven world that they take everything literally.
You do realize that those "shock troops" would be white collar political pencil pushers that would would serve in the administration. Something that every last damn administration does when they change power is change over the rank and file. Except for Trump who was unprepared when he won; and left Obama's staffing largely in place- and had leakers to the press (both real and fake) until he managed to turn them all over. It was something the left and right blasted him for as not being prepared to lead.
As for the DOJ and FBI; does the left really thinks that there is no Democrat partisanship in either? Those are two organizations that do not turn over completely with each new administration. Anyone that isn't politically biased has to question why the FBI used the Steele dossier (which they already knew was full of shit) to get FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. They even falsified information on the FISA warrant requests. They altered their transcripts on the questioning of Flynn several times; and then claimed they couldn't find the originals. All one has to do is look at the way the Jan 6th rioters are treated as compared to the BLM/Antifa rioters by the DOJ to know that it is corrupt as hell. Sorry, the vast majority of Americans don't want to live under the leftist two tier justice system.
IF Trump runs and IF he wins I am sure there will be a peaceful transfer of power other than the exploding heads in the street that will happen for all to enjoy. After the big deal made by the dems over a couple hundred idiots acting like idiots I am sure they won't even suggest the electorate reps give their votes to his opponent. You know, like they did when Hillary lost.
Shock troops and an army of patriots? Do either one of these mental defects even know how to load and shoot a weapon? And before some knucklehead comes along and tells me they aren't talking about real weapons...kiss my and then explain to me just what it is they fucking meant.
And if that same knucklehead even suggests they are going to uphold democracy...kiss my ass again
flag in 3...2...1...
Dammit!
I forgot the first ass
no biggie, they know who they are...
The funny thing is, Imo they are actually hurting his chances...
I wonder if Matt ''Commando'' Gaetz will be leading the shock troops..