Bannon: GOP ‘going to lose the Senate’ in midterms 

Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon predicted this week that the Republican Party will lose its majority in the Senate in the midterm elections this fall. 

In a Thursday episode of his “War Room” podcast, the conservative commentator said he has witnessed a deflation in excitement from GOP voters ahead of the November elections “because now it has to be a showdown.”

“Here’s the reason: We’re going to lose the Senate in the fall anyway,” he said. “No grassroots leader, none of the grassroots phalanx, the hoplites — nobody’s excited about going door to door and doing voter engagement.”

He criticized the Republican Party leadership’s decision to rely on standard campaign strategies in these races, saying “old-school” TV advertising “does not work.”

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