Speaker 1: Steve Bannon has dominated headlines the past few days with
Speaker 1: the flurry of public statements and appearances following the shocking
Speaker 1: death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. At the State Farm
Speaker 1: Stadium memorial service for Kirk on September twenty first, Bannon
Speaker 1: was captured by local Arizona outlets standing in line among
Speaker 1: other major conservative figures, a rare public appearance that quickly
Speaker 1: became a symbolic moment for the movement, according to as Central.
Speaker 1: But Bannon did not stop there. In the aftermath of
Speaker 1: the event, he went on the attack, venting on his
Speaker 1: War Room podcast and sparking fresh controversy by calling for
Speaker 1: a federal investigation into Utah Governor Spencer Cox, whom he
Speaker 1: blamed for conditions leading to Kerk's killing. Utah Political Watch
Speaker 1: reports Bannon did not hold back, directly accusing both Governor
Speaker 1: Cox and the LDS Church of fostering an environment conducive
Speaker 1: to political violence, language that escalates tensions between GOP fives
Speaker 1: actions in Utah and the national right. Bannon's incendiary style
Speaker 1: was again on display as he revived his long running
Speaker 1: feud with Elon Musk following the latter's visible reunion with
Speaker 1: Donald Trump at the Kirk Memorial. The Independent details how
Speaker 1: minutes after Trump and Musk shared cameras and hand chicks
Speaker 1: in Glendale, Bannon used his media platform to demand Musk's
Speaker 1: deportation to South Africa, glasting Musk's use of the H
Speaker 1: one B visa system and calling Musk's residency totally illegal.
Speaker 1: He characterized tech visas as a form of indentured servitude,
Speaker 1: accusing Musk of undermining American workers. This provocation comes shortly
Speaker 1: after new executive orders on foreign hiring, a policy dispute
Speaker 1: at the heart of prior Bannon Musk clashes. Their feud
Speaker 1: has not gone unnoticed online, with both Bannon and Musk
Speaker 1: trading insults across social media and podcast appearances. Musk, who
Speaker 1: was previously called Bannon a fat, drunken slab, responded to
Speaker 1: these latest jabs by reiterating his own grievances, while right
Speaker 1: wing X accounts amplified Bannon's calls for an inquiry into
Speaker 1: Musk's immigration and business dealings. Meanwhile, Bannon's demand for a
Speaker 1: special council targeting Musk has picked up some traction among
Speaker 1: MAGA loyalists, but remains unconfirmed as a policy action at
Speaker 1: this time. No major reports of new business ventures or
Speaker 1: legal actions against Bannon have surfaced in the last several days,
Speaker 1: but his profile has spiked after weeks of relative quiet,
Speaker 1: fueled by Kirk's death, his renewed attacks on tech billionaires,
Speaker 1: and his fiery rhetoric against political opponents, signaling that the
Speaker 1: former White House strategist is once again intent on shaping
Speaker 1: the national conversation as the election season heats up. And
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