Bannon:
"MAGA is a direct threat to the American state." They didn't say the country, they didn't say America as a nation, they didn't say the American people. The American state.
Translation: “They didnt use the exact phrasing that I specify as orthodox, so they are the enemy.” (Except, he changes the orthodox phrasing on-the-fly to always fix it so the enemy remains the enemy.) If Vox had said “American people” instead of “American state”, you can bet he objects to that as well (perhaps calling it “Communistic”? Who knows?)
Reminiscent of the sovereign citizens who, when they see gold fringe on an American flag in a courtroom, can declare that courtroom extralegal and without any judicial power.
Or Sneetches.
