Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Saturday that he expects President Trump to win with 400 electoral votes in the 2020 election.
Speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., one day after Trump spoke at the event, Bannon predicted that there is more in store for his former boss than just completing his first term in office.
Trump is going to “win with 400 electoral votes in 2020,” Bannon said.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon: “Pres. Trump’s not only going to finish this term, he’s going to win with 400 electoral votes in 2020.” pic.twitter.com/rpK7tXfLLM
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That would be nearly 100 more votes in the Electoral College that Trump received in 2016, when he got 304 votes versus Hillary Clinton’s 227 votes.
His comment Saturday stands in contrast to a recent Vanity Fair report in which a source said Bannon told people that Trump only has a 30 percent chance of making it through the full term. Several Democrats have rallied around the idea of impeaching Trump, though it’s unlikely to make much headway with a Republican-controlled Congress.
Over the course of his speech, Bannon, who is back at Breitbart News, touted his successful campaign to get judge Roy Moore to beat Trump’s preferred candidate, Sen. Luther Strange, in the Alabama run-off contest last month.
Still, Bannon rallied those in attendance to not turn their backs on Trump.
“The president needs our support more than ever,” he said.
He also threatened members of the Republican establishment, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and dissed those who have not denounced Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who has recently has a war of words with Trump.
