Monday, October 16, 2017

Bannon’s Playbook: How He’ll Wreck the GOP Establishment

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon and his allies don't have to win every battle in their guerrilla war to take down the Republican political establishment. They just have to wreak enough havoc to alter the behavior of GOP lawmakers.

And that's what Bannon, the former chief White House strategist and campaign manager for Donald Trump, is promising to do in the corridors of Washington power and on the electoral map.

His core argument: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and establishment-minded Republican members of Congress are thwarting President Donald Trump's agenda through a combination of sabotage and incompetence. Conservative voters should both demand a change in Senate GOP leadership and use primary elections to oust Republicans who aren't in lock step with Trump, the anti-establishment Republicans contend. 

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