Steve Bannon on Gaetz AG Withdrawal: ‘We Took a Casualty’

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon bemoaned the withdrawal of Matt Gaetz from consideration for attorney general, saying Friday that “we took a casualty today.”

Bannon, a longtime ally of President-elect Donald Trump and CEO of his 2016 presidential campaign, made the comments on his Friday “War Room” podcast. He was reacting to Gaetz’s decision Thursday to drop out of the running for AG.

“One of the best warriors we have in all his imperfections, and he’s quite imperfect, as Donald Trump is imperfect, as Stephen K. Bannon is super imperfect. And Tucker Carlson and Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr., all of it; very, very, very imperfect instruments,” Bannon said. “But in that imperfection is some of their power. We took a casualty today.”

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