Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms

Photo: Steve Bannon speaking with attendees at the 2025 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona – December 19, 2025. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr. CC BY-SA 4.0 (no modifications). Op-ed article by Sasha Abramsky. Truthout – February 5, 2026.

On February 3, as Donald Trump was doubling down on his push to “nationalize” elections, Steve Bannon, MAGA’s version of Rasputin, promised his War Room podcast audience that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be deployed to swarm polling places during the upcoming midterm elections. “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” Bannon warned ominously. […]

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