IT FEEDS THIS.
WATCH AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME IN
HISTORY WHEN THE U.S. WAS JUST
AS FRACTURED.
WHEN PEOPLE REFUSED TO SEE
OTHERS AS PEOPLE AND POLITICS
GOT IN THE WAY OF FAMILY,
DECENCY AND FAITH IN OUR
GOVERNMENT.
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE 18.
THE RESULT WAS -- I AM TALKING
ABOUT THE 1850s.
THE CIVIL WAR.
WE ARE IN A CIVIL WAR.
I'M GOING TO WARN IN QUITE A
LITERAL HISTORIC SENSE.
I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE
ARMIES AND GENERALS LEADING
BATTLES.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE AT THE BREAKING
POINT OF AN EMOTIONAL CIVIL WAR
WITH VIOLENCE THAT WILL SPILL
INTO OUR STREETS, OUR LEADERS
MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THIS.
THEY CANNOT PERMIT THIS VIOLENCE
NOR CAN THEY REMOVE FORWARD TO
UNDO AN ELECTION BY REFUSING TO
FOLLOW HISTORIC AND
CONSTITUTIONAL PRECEDENCE.
THEY
THE RESULT CAN BE CATASTROPHIC.
LIVE FROM ATHENS, GREECE, FORMER
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF STRATEGIST,
MR. STEVE BANNON.
STEVE, WELCOME BACK.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, TRISH.
TRISH: I KNOW YOU ARE JOINING ME
FROM GREECE, IN ATHENS, OUTSIDE
GREEK RUINS.
THERE IS A REMINDER IN THERE FOR
PEOPLE HOW GREAT CIVILIZATION
CAN CRUMBLE.
WILL ALL THIS HATE THAT'S
DIRECTED RIGHT NOW AT THIS
PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTERS, DO
YOU THINK IT IS PUSHING OUR
COUNTRY TO A BREAKING POINT?
>> LISTEN.
I THINK THAT THIS TYPE OF HEATED
DEBATE, AS LONG AS IT STAYS A
DEBATE IS ACTUALLY POSITIVE.
I THINK THE VIOLENCE IS NOT ONLY
UNNECESSARY, BUT IT'S
UN-AMERICAN.
AND IT OUGHT TO CEASE.
I AM IN ATHAN.
BEHIND ME IS THE ACROPOLIS AND
PARTHENON.
THIS IS THE CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY.
IT'S THE DEMOCRACY FORUM PUT ON
BY THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND
OTHER LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS.
I SAID YOU WOULDN'T WORRIED
ABOUT DEMOCRACY WHEN YOU WERE
WINNING ELECTIONS.
BUT NOW THAT YOU AREN'T WINNING
ELECTIONS DEMOCRACY IS AT RISK.
WHAT TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND
AMERICANS HAVE TO FOCUS ON IS WE
HAVE TO BEAT PEOPLE AT THE
BALLOT BOX.
THE REASON WE ARE IN THIS
SITUATION WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
IS THE LEFT MOBILIZED IN 2018
AND BEAT US IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY WON 26 SEATS IN DISTRICTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD WON.
IT'S INCUMBENT UPON PEOPLE TO
PUT THIS ANGER ASIDE AND FOCUS
ON GETTING OUT THE VOTE.
CLEARLY THE LEFT HAS BEEN
TRIGGERED BY DONALD TRUMP.
THE LEFT UNDERSTANDS SOMETHING
THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT
FAILS TO REALIZE.
DONALD TRUMP IS A TRANSFORMATIVE
PRESIDENT AND HISTORIC FIGURE.
THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT WILL TAKE
TO THE STREETS AND DO ANYTHING
POSSIBLE TO DEFEAT TRUMP.
LET'S SETTLE THIS AT THE BALLOT
BOX.
THE WAY TO DO THAT IS THE
OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
START KNOCKING ON DOORS AND
GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE.
THE WAY YOU STOP THIS VIOLENCE
IS TO BEAT PEOPLE AT THE BALLOT
BOX.
TRISH: IT'S THE AMERICAN WAY AND
THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN WHERE
WE ARE AS A COUNTRY.
WE USED TO ADMIRE OURSELVES AND
PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK
BECAUSE WE HAD A TRANSITION OF
POWER THAT ALWAYS MOVED
SEAMLESSLY.
WE WERE NOT LIKE THE COUNTRIES,
THE BANANA REPUBLIC, PARAGUAY,
VENEZUELA, CAN'T GET THEIR ACT
TOGETHER, AND THERE WAS SO MUCH
POLITICAL INFIGHTING.
WE WERE BETTER THAN THAT.
WHERE ARE WE NOW WITH THIS
BEHAVIOR AND TACK FIGURE COMING
FROM THE LEFT.
>> WE HAVE BEEN SEPARATED AND
DIVIDE BEFORE.
THINK ABOUT DURING THE VIETNAM
WAR AND PRESIDENT REAGANS FIRST
COUPLE YEARS.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE
STREETS TO PROTEST AND TRY TO
STOP THE NUCLEAR DEPLOYMENT OF
WEAPONS INTO WESTERN EUROPE TO
DEFEAT THE SEE YET UNION.
IT HAS DRIVEN AMERICA FORWARD.
DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO BE
CONTENTIOUS FROM DAY ONE.
HE SAID THE CORRUPT INCOMPETENT
ELITES HAVE LED TO AMERICA'S
DECLINE.
AND MY FOCUS WILL BE TO RETURN
AMERICA TO HER PREVIOUS
GREATNESS, MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN.
FOR MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS.
SEEING WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS
SAYING.
WHAT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA,
PEOPLE ARE SAYING LOOK WHAT THE
THEY REPRESENT.
LOOK AT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
IF THAT MOB VIOLENCE IS WHAT YOU
WANT TO SUPPORT, THEN GO AHEAD
AND SUPPORT IT.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN CONTESTED
ELECTIONS AT THE BALLOT BOX WITH
DEBATES AND GET OUT THE VOTE
DRIVE.
AND LOOK AT THE MAGA MOVEMENT.
I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
PRESIDENCY CAN RISE TO A WHOLE
NEW LEVEL.
IN '18 THE REASON WE LOST THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING THROUGH
ALL THIS IS BECAUSE THE MAGA
BASE AND OTHERS THAT VOTED IN
'16 WERE NOT MOTIVATED AND FIRED
UP TO COME OUT WITHIN THE LEFT
WAS.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR COUNTRY
TURN IN THAT DIRECTION THEN JUST
SIT AT HOME, GET THE CHANNEL
CHANGE AND START WATCHING THE
ENTERTAINMENT ON TELEVISION AND
DECOUPLE FROM THE POLITICAL
PROCESS.
BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR COUNTRY TO
MOVE FORWARD AND RETURN TO ITS
PREVIOUS GREATNESS.
IT WILL DEPEND ON YOU.
THE WHOLE BURDEN CAN'T BE PUT ON
DONALD TRUMP.
THE BURDEN HAS TO BE PUT ON THE
