Bannon, a former Trump adviser, predicted that Scalise's bid for House speaker would fail while alleging that he is a member of the 'D.C. cartel.'
Steve Bannon, former adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, has declared GOP House speaker nominee Steve Scalise to be a 'watered-down version' of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.House Republicans selected Scalise, the current House majority leader, as their nominee for speaker in a 113-99 vote on Wednesday, just more than one week after McCarthy was ousted from the role following an unprecedented successful motion to vacate the speakership.
'Bannon went on to assert that the race for speaker remains 'completely open' because 'Scalise is not going to get there,' pointing out that a significant number of Republicans have already declared that they will not vote for him.'We cannot have anybody that represents the D.C. insider cartel, and that's Steve Scalise,' Bannon said. 'He just keeps a lower profile.'Newsweek reached out for comment to Scalise's office via email on Thursday.
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