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Political analysis article, potentially part of a collection of documents from a house oversight investigation, as indicated by the footer stamp.
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This document is a political analysis article from circa August/September 2018 detailing Steve Bannon's strategy to motivate Republican voters for the upcoming midterm elections. The strategy involves leveraging the 'specter of impeachment' against President Trump to energize both the core Trump base and moderate Republicans. Despite the user's prompt, this document is not related to Jeffrey Epstein and contains no information about him.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Steve Bannon | Political Strategist |
Believes the specter of Donald Trump's impeachment will motivate Republican voters. Quoted multiple times on his stra...
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| Donald Trump | President |
Central figure of the article. The political strategy discussed revolves around his presidency and potential impeachm...
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| Robert Mueller | Special Counsel |
Mentioned as a figure whose investigation contributes to the fear of impeachment among Republicans.
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| J. Scott Applewhite | Photographer |
Credited with the photo of Steve Bannon for the Associated Press.
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| Carolyn Kaster | Photographer |
Credited with the photo of Trump supporters at a rally in Ohio for the Associated Press.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Associated Press |
News agency for which the photographers J. Scott Applewhite and Carolyn Kaster worked.
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| GOP |
The Republican Party. The article analyzes their political strategy.
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| Democratic Party |
The political opposition to the Republicans, whose activists are described as 'exceptionally motivated'.
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| Wall Street Journal |
Co-conducted polling of independent voters mentioned in the article.
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| NBC News |
Co-conducted polling of independent voters mentioned in the article.
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| Democratic Congress |
Mentioned as a potential body that could conspire to impeach Trump.
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| HOUSE_OVERSIGHT |
Identifier stamped on the bottom of the document, suggesting it is part of a collection for the House Oversight Commi...
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Timeline (3 events)
Circa August 2018
A rally for President Trump was held in Lewis Center, Ohio.
Lewis Center, Ohio
President Trump
Supporters
November 2018
Midterm elections where Republicans aimed to 'head off disaster'.
USA
Voters
Republican candidates
Democratic candidates
Upcoming (Fall 2018)
The Labor Day kickoff of the fall campaign season leading up to the November elections.
USA
Republicans
Democrats
Locations (2)
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Location of a rally for President Trump.
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Referenced in the context of how the Republican party is changing the way things work.
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Relationships (3)
Bannon outlines a political strategy centered on using the threat of Trump's impeachment to motivate voters.
The article discusses Trump's strong grip on his base but the need to also appeal to moderate Republicans (RINOS) and independents.
Mueller's role as Special Counsel is presented as a source of fear that Republicans can use to motivate their voters.
Key Quotes (2)
"This is all grass roots. It's 2016 all over again... This is Trump's first re-election."Source
— Steve Bannon
(Describing his view on the political climate and the strategy to motivate Trump's base.)
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"We need RINOS."Source
— Steve Bannon
(Stating the need to also appeal to moderate Republicans ('Republicans In Name Only') to win.)
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Complete text extracted from the document (3,186 characters)
Steve Bannon believes the specter of impeachment will motivate mainstream Republicans as well as core Trump backers. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press
"This is all grass roots," Mr. Bannon says. "It's 2016 all over again... This is Trump's first re-election."
The political calculus behind such thinking is pretty simple: In 19 months as president, Mr. Trump has hardened his grip on his base of supporters and the GOP overall, but has done little to expand that base.
Meanwhile, as the Labor Day kickoff of the fall campaign approaches, Republicans face a Democratic party whose activists appear exceptionally motivated—to campaign, donate money and turn out in November.
Republicans need something to match that fervor. That something is the Trump base—and the best motivating tools are anger and fear.
In this case, that means specifically the fear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller, New York prosecutors and a Democratic Congress will conspire to kick Mr. Trump out of office. That's why Republicans are talking about the specter of impeachment, not Democrats. Democrats know impeachment talk is a surefire way to motivate the other side.
But there's a problem in this GOP formula: A motivated Trump base is necessary for Republicans to head off disaster in November, but it's not sufficient, at least not if Democrats remain as energized as they appear today. The Trump base has to be married with more mainstream Republicans—the kind hardcore activists refer to as RINOS, or "Republicans In Name Only"—and with some independent voters.
Right now, independent voters are hard to read. Their sentiments have been shifting around a lot in Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling in recent months. As a general rule, they have a low regard for Mr. Trump personally and appear weary of the atmosphere of constant crisis around him. But the polling also indicates they increasingly like how Republicans are handling the economy, appreciate the GOP tax cut and think the party is changing the way things work in Washington.
That leaves moderate Republicans, of whom Mr. Bannon says simply: "We need RINOS."
Supporters of President Trump cheer before a rally in Lewis Center, Ohio, earlier this month. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press
The Bannon calculation is that the specter of impeachment will motivate these soft Republicans as well as core Trump backers. More conventional Republicans may be disdainful of Mr. Trump personally, but they also think the tax cuts, deregulatory policies and judicial nominations they like are imperiled if he goes down.
So, impeachment-scare talk, Mr. Bannon is calculating, is effective for RINOS too, simply for different reasons. For the Trump base, impeachment talk is a source of outrage. Soft Republicans dislike it for less emotional, more practical reasons.
All this means Republican candidates have a dual mission right now: Keep motivating those base Trump voters, who want full-throated defenses of the president and odes to his hard-line immigration policies, while also luring out to the polls mainstream Republicans and independents who dislike the president but like lower taxes and less regulation.
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"This is all grass roots," Mr. Bannon says. "It's 2016 all over again... This is Trump's first re-election."
The political calculus behind such thinking is pretty simple: In 19 months as president, Mr. Trump has hardened his grip on his base of supporters and the GOP overall, but has done little to expand that base.
Meanwhile, as the Labor Day kickoff of the fall campaign approaches, Republicans face a Democratic party whose activists appear exceptionally motivated—to campaign, donate money and turn out in November.
Republicans need something to match that fervor. That something is the Trump base—and the best motivating tools are anger and fear.
In this case, that means specifically the fear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller, New York prosecutors and a Democratic Congress will conspire to kick Mr. Trump out of office. That's why Republicans are talking about the specter of impeachment, not Democrats. Democrats know impeachment talk is a surefire way to motivate the other side.
But there's a problem in this GOP formula: A motivated Trump base is necessary for Republicans to head off disaster in November, but it's not sufficient, at least not if Democrats remain as energized as they appear today. The Trump base has to be married with more mainstream Republicans—the kind hardcore activists refer to as RINOS, or "Republicans In Name Only"—and with some independent voters.
Right now, independent voters are hard to read. Their sentiments have been shifting around a lot in Wall Street Journal/NBC News polling in recent months. As a general rule, they have a low regard for Mr. Trump personally and appear weary of the atmosphere of constant crisis around him. But the polling also indicates they increasingly like how Republicans are handling the economy, appreciate the GOP tax cut and think the party is changing the way things work in Washington.
That leaves moderate Republicans, of whom Mr. Bannon says simply: "We need RINOS."
Supporters of President Trump cheer before a rally in Lewis Center, Ohio, earlier this month. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press
The Bannon calculation is that the specter of impeachment will motivate these soft Republicans as well as core Trump backers. More conventional Republicans may be disdainful of Mr. Trump personally, but they also think the tax cuts, deregulatory policies and judicial nominations they like are imperiled if he goes down.
So, impeachment-scare talk, Mr. Bannon is calculating, is effective for RINOS too, simply for different reasons. For the Trump base, impeachment talk is a source of outrage. Soft Republicans dislike it for less emotional, more practical reasons.
All this means Republican candidates have a dual mission right now: Keep motivating those base Trump voters, who want full-throated defenses of the president and odes to his hard-line immigration policies, while also luring out to the polls mainstream Republicans and independents who dislike the president but like lower taxes and less regulation.
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