Steve Bannon said that ICE officers assisting with airport operations is a “test run” for the 2026 midterms.
Steve Bannon said that ICE officers assisting with airport operations is a “test run” for the 2026 midterms.
Steve Bannon calls ICE agents at airports part of a “test run” for the midterm elections
Radical ideas can pop up on the “War Room” podcast, but it’s not unusual to see those same ideas spread quickly in Republican politics.
During a conversation with conservative lawyer Mike Davis on his ‘War Room’ program, Bannon asked, ‘We can use what’s happening with these ICE [officers] helping out at the airports, we can use this as a test run, as a test case to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterm elections, sir?’
To be sure, reports like these come with caveats. Bannon is a prominent MAGA voice, but he’s not currently a White House official and he has earned a reputation as a blowhard who says outrageous things to get attention. There’s no reason to assume Bannon has any idea what he’s talking about in terms of likely future developments.