
<p>Steve Bannon started out in the Trump administration as a White House counselor. ; Since then, he has been an independent raconteur with a relatively small audience podcast. ; He will also be heading into court in July on Contempt of Congress charges.</p>



<p>He generally rants and raves as if he is really the leader of a movement. ; He uses the pronoun “we” to predict that the MAGA Movement will soon take over. ; “We” will get 50 to 60 percent of the Hispanic vote, he says. ;</p>



<p>He wallows in provocative language and revolutionary type terms. ; While he is predicting a Republican victory in the November midterm elections, he makes it sound as if that is his personal MAGA victory. ; That only works if you believe that the entire Republican Party is part of his self-defined “MAGA Movement” – and a follower of Bannon. ; Both are untrue.</p>



<p>If Bannon is a leader of any dimension, it is over a very small band on the fringe of the greater GOP. ; Yes, it seems as though Republicans are going to do well in November, but Bannon is largely insignificant to that prospect. ; He represents a fringe even within a larger MAGA constituency – and the MAGA culture (if there is such a thing) is only a minority element among Republican leaders and voters.</p>



<p>One can fairly argue that President Trump has a base within the Republican Party – and that could be called the MAGA crowd, if you like. ; Although, I think Trump’s base is smaller than Trump, Bannon and the Democrats contend.</p>



<p>Bannon likes to talk big – and make himself out to be a much bigger player on the political scene. ; He is not even popular among those who have a real claim to MAGA voters. ; Trump fired Bannon and has not brought him back into the inner circle – not even during the 2020 presidential campaign.</p>



<p>And top MAGA lieutenant Roger Stone led the cheering section when Bannon lost his effort to have his Contempt of Congress indictment dismissed. ; Stone sees Bannon as the guy responsible for his own indictment.</p>



<p>Just to get a sense of his impotence, wait until Republicans win in November. And then wait until a Republican returns to the White House in 2025 – even if it is Trump. ; You will not see Bannon in any key role. ; He will not be in the White House in any capacity – not even as a visitor. ; He will receive no presidential appointments. ; That is because he is not a leader of anything more than a small band of fans.</p>



<p>Should Republicans take over Washington, as Bannon predicts, he will still be hunkered down at his podcast proclaiming his importance and leadership of a Bannon movement that for all intents and purposes hardly exists at all.</p>



<p>Yes, there is a movement that bodes well for Republicans, but it is much larger than the described MAGA movement – and much much larger than Bannon’s imaginary movement of which he sees himself as the leader. ; It has a name. ; It is called the Conservative Movement – and Bannon does not own it. ; And no amount of bloviating will change that.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Steve Bannon is hot air
