Steve Bannon staffer shreds JD Vance as MAGA infighting heats up | EUROtoday

Far-right media persona and former White House strategist Steve Bannon seems to be turning in opposition to Vice President JD Vance on social media as Republican infighting heats up.

Grace Chong, the CFO and COO of Bannon’s media firm, has shared a sequence of posts on X criticizing the vp. Vance and Chong have sparred beforehand, regardless of their shared ties to the MAGA motion. Last yr, Vance referred to as Chong a “mouth breathing imbecile” after she criticized him for lacking a Senate vote.

Chong’s latest posts have centered across the unfolding Minnesota fraud instances, during which prosecutors have mentioned that billions in federal funds supporting a number of state-run packages had been stolen.

The instances have develop into a political flashpoint. Many of the defendants charged are Somali Americans, which has prompted President Donald Trump to name Minnesota a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity” and declare that Somali immigrants “ripped off that state.”

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In a publish Saturday, Vance claimed that what’s occurring within the state “is a microcosm of the immigriation fraud in our system.” In response, Chong referred to as the assertion “word salad.”

Vance additionally shared a video posted by YouTuber Nick Shirley in regards to the fraud case, writing: “This dude has done far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 @pulitzercenter prizes.”

Bannon responded on to Vance’s publish by way of the conservative social media platform Gettr, which Chong shared a screenshot of on X.

“Nick is a Patriot but American Citizens must NOT depend on the media —DoJ/FBI Joint Task Force with DHS /HHS/State Dept should have been deployed months ago so now we can perp walk or deport,” Bannon wrote.

Chong additionally re-shared the publish herself, including a photograph of Vance with the caption: “We are going to do f****** nothing.” In one other publish responding to Vance’s reward of Shirley, she wrote: “Where is the DOJ/FBI Joint Task Force??”

The Independent has contacted Vance’s workplace for remark.

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Republican infighting, notably over the investigation into the late intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, has made headlines in latest weeks.

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, as soon as a staunch ally of Trump, is getting ready to resign subsequent month after falling out with the president and her members of her occasion over a number of points, together with Epstein’s case.

Greene launched a brand new wave of criticism in opposition to the president in a New York Times profile printed Monday. She outlined the beginning of her break with Trump, highlighting the president’s remarks on the funeral of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

“He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them,” Trump mentioned on the September memorial service. “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them.”

Greene instructed the Times: “That was absolutely the worst statement… It just shows where his heart is.”