Subject: Re: Exclusive: Bannon blasts 'con artist' Kochs, 'lame duck' Ryan, 'diminished' Kelly I

TheHill

From: Steve Bannon

To: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>;

Where is this from???

On Aug 3, 2018, at 8:17 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:

keep close!

This much we know - the Fall elections are shaping up to be a referendum on the most divisive

American President in memory. The battle for potential Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh's

nomination this fall will only amplify the polarity of the political debate that is already deeply

overwrought on both sides. The rising tide of pressure on Donald Trump from the Mueller

investigation shows no sign of ebbing.

Unless the underlying political dynamics are disrupted, the outcomes of these unprecedented

events will

still leave us with the same unsatisfactory two front battlefield of the 2016 Presidential election.

Watching these unrelenting, compounding events since our discussion in May, I am guessing we

are all asking the same question: now what? For the 48 percent of Americans who believe Donald

Trump should not be in the White House, perhaps we too want our own "chaos" candidate in 2020?

Should Trump run again, this could be a "break glass" moment for the majority of Americans who

don't support him. Do we want to break the genteel precedents of two parties running their

ceremonious and seemingly illogical nominating process to select a candidate? (Why do lowa and New Hampshire

play such outsized roles? What kind of small-d democratic process relies on superdelegates?) The system

failed in 2016, with both parties producing terribly flawed candidates in a race to the bottom. We

need to build a back-up plan in the event the system fails again.

It's possible, of course, that we won't need a third-party candidate. Trump could decide not to run for

HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026304

https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/document-view?collection=092314e384a58618&utm_source=collection_share_link&p=2&docid=29c07095bb3a20b_092314e384a58618_0&dapvm=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798978&forum_id=2),#49436450)