Steve Bannon, a former advisor to former President Donald Trump, said he was swatted prior to President Joe Biden’s divisive anti-MAGA speech.
Bannon said he was not at his Washington, DC home when police were called to his home at 7:17 p.m on Thursday, The Daily Mail reported.
“I’m never going to stop so they’ll have to kill me first,” he said to The Daily Mail. “And if they kill me so bad.”
He blamed President Biden and the rhetoric from the Democrats for it.
“This is 100 percent triggered by the White House,” he argued.
“The White House is trying to use this type of violence. They’re stirring up the unstable people on the far left to do this,” he said.
Bannon was the victim of a similar swatting incident in July.
“The calls are very specific and the calls are to trigger the police to use deadly force,” the radio host said.
“These people show up as they’re supposed to. Because they think they are coming into emergency situations,” he said.
After Biden’s speech he spoke on his “War Room” podcast about what he believes needs to happen if Republicans take back the House.
“That photo, that speech, that moment will live in infamy. No American President […] in this nation’s history has ever given an address like that,” he said.
Steve Bannon on Biden’s speech: “That photo, that speech, that moment will live in infamy. No American President […] in this nation’s history has ever given an address like that.” pic.twitter.com/DyEJl6uESQ
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 2, 2022
“Our duty is now clear : this usurper must be impeached and removed from office immediately upon MAGA coming to power in January’23,” he said. “On this we have a moral obligation to every Patriot grave from the Revolution down to the 13 Honored Dead at the Abbey Gate.”
“Biden is stirring up his most unstable and radical element to use any means necessary to physically harm or suppress dissenting voices,” the host said.
“This has never happened in American history. And it’s directly what he’s done over the last 72 hours, everything from the Bethesda speech to last night is aimed very specifically at stirring up violence against his political opponents,” he said.
Last week, Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was swatted again, she said.
The firebrand representative took to her Twitter to say she was “swatted again last night.”
Swatted again last night.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) August 25, 2022
It came after Rep. Greene has responded with additional information regarding the “swatting” incident early Wednesday morning at her home in Rome, Georgia.
In a Twitter post that contained a link to a local report about the incident, Greene quoted a police report regarding the incident, which is apparently still under investigation by the local police department.
“911 received a call from the suspect, claiming responsibility for the incident and explaining his/her motives.’
“’They explained they were upset about Ms. Greene’s stance on ‘trans-gender youth’s rights,’ and stated they were trying to ‘swat’ her,’” she said.
“911 received a call from the suspect, claiming responsibility for the incident and explaining his/her motives.”
“They explained they were upset about Ms. Greene’s stance on ‘trans-gender youth’s rights,’ and stated they were trying to ‘swat’ her.”https://t.co/XdDXeTLVj1
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) August 24, 2022
Northwest Georgia News noted:
According to a Rome Police Department report, police officers responded to a 911 call on Wednesday at 01:03 a.m. that led them to initially believe a man who had been shot multiple times was in the bathtub at Greene’s home. The caller also stated there was a woman inside the home and possibly children with her. When officers arrived, Greene assured them there was no issue at the home.
“After we cleared the call and went back in service, Rome-Floyd 911 received a call from the suspect, claiming responsibility for the incident and explaining his/her motives,” said the police report, according to the local outlet. “It was a computer generated voice. They explained they were upset about Ms. Greene’s stance on ‘trans-gender youth’s rights,’ and stated they were trying to ‘swat’ her.”
In addition, the police report said that the caller claimed to be linked to a website that authorities say supports cyberstalking. The caller also gave officers their user name on the site, Northwest Georgia News added.
“There have been a couple of other “swatting” calls of this sort recently, said Floyd County Police Department Assistant Chief Tom Ewing, but this was the first at Greene’s residence. The other calls came from overseas numbers, Ewing said, and those numbers have been masked or rerouted through other numbers, a process called spoofing,” said the local news report.
In a Wednesday morning tweet, Greene — a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump — thanked local police while adding that she would provide additional information at a later date, according to the UK’s Daily Mail.
“Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am. I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County. More details to come,” she tweeted.
Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am.
I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County.
More details to come.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) August 24, 2022
After that incident. The representative spoke to Charlie Kirk and explained how she was fortunate to not have responded with a gun.
“I’m a Second Amendment supporter and I believe in defending myself. And normally I answer the door with a gun, especially if it’s someone I don’t expect coming to my home,” she said.
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