Steve Bannon, a conservative personality and a former White House chief strategist, appeared at a Topeka, Kansas, rally that attracted about 25 people – including the event’s organisers and documentary filmmakers.
The rally, dubbed “Red Tide Rising,” was held on Tuesday at a Holiday Inn Express hotel. Attendees reportedly had received an unsolicited text message that day announcing the event.
Bannon said Kansas’ heated race in the 2nd Congressional District spurred his decision to make the impromptu trip to the state.
Steve Bannon, a conservative personality and a former White House chief strategist, appeared at an unpublicized rally on Tuesday that attracted about 25 people, including the event’s organisers and documentary filmmakers, in Topeka, Kansas, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal.
The rally, dubbed “Red Tide Rising,” was held at a Holiday Inn Express along a highway. Attendees reportedly had received an unsolicited text message that day announcing the event.
Bannon said Kansas’ heated race in the 2nd Congressional District spurred his decision to make the impromptu trip. He cited a recent poll by The New York Times and Siena College that shows Republican House candidate Steve Watkins has fallen four points behind Democrat Paul Davis.
Watkins spokesman Bryan Piligra reportedly made it clear that Watkins’ campaign had had nothing to do with Bannon’s event.
“In fact, the president has not endorsed them, and they appear to have acquired the pictures without going through the proper copyright procedures,” Parscale wrote in an op-ed.