Steve Bannon on recruiting election deniers to volunteer for 2022 midterms: “This is a call to arms”

Cleta Mitchell says they are especially in need of poll watchers in New Mexico, Michigan, and Georgia counties

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Steve Bannon hosted election denier Cleta Mitchell to recruit poll watchers as midterms approach. 

From the October 8, 2022, edition of Real America's Voice's War Room: Pandemic

CLETA MITCHELL (GUEST): And, there also – we’re going to post on Monday – some places where we really need people to still sign up. Detroit, Dekalb County, Georgia, Washoe County, Nevada, and Steve, we’ll put all of those, because we need people specifically to sign up in these places where we don’t have enough watchers yet. But you mentioned that you were in New Mexico, we have a page specifically for New Mexico. 

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Particularly in Doña Ana County and Albuquerque, those are the two big places where we need people.

After a commercial break, Bannon rallied for his audience to sign up as poll workers, saying the midterms “can’t be like 2020. You can’t win and then not close.” 

From the October 8, 2022, edition of Real America's Voice's War Room: Pandemic

STEVE BANNON (HOST): Cleta, this is a call to arms. 

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This wind must be secured. It can’t be like 2020. You can’t win and then not close. Always be – ABC, always be closing. We closed in ‘16. We didn’t close in ‘20.