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Steve Bannon: “We lost the 18 midterms because people were leaning on their…”

Featuring: Steve Bannon, Former White House Chief Strategist | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:05

President Trump, 15, 16, wins the primary against all odds. Then in 16, he wins a come from behind, you know, once in a lifetime victory against Hillary Clinton. We lost the 18 midterms because people were leaning on their rakes. Leaning on their rakes. And we lost, I don't know, 35 or 40 House seats. And Nancy Pelosi told us exactly what she was going to do. (02:05–02:10)

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Asserts that the loss in the 2018 midterm elections was due to complacency.

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