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At the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, Steve Bannon delivered a thunderous and ideologically-charged speech to a packed audience of young conservatives. Echoing the revolutionary spirit of 1774 and 1775, Bannon declared a modern war—not against a foreign power—but against what he repeatedly called “the Deep State” and “the enemy within.” His fiery address unveiled what he dubbed the “Tampa Resolves,” a strategic declaration aimed at dismantling entrenched bureaucratic power and mobilizing Trump-aligned patriots ahead of 2024.
“You’re exactly like the Patriots of 1774 and 1775,” Bannon told the crowd. “You’re fighting a tyranny. This is not about revenge. It’s not about retribution. This is about saving this Republic.”
The Tampa Resolves: A Patriot’s Call to Arms
Bannon introduced three key resolutions, modeled rhetorically after the pre-Revolutionary Virginia Resolves:
- “The Deep State must be destroyed to free the American people.”
Bannon pointed directly at elements of the Pentagon, Department of Justice, FBI, CIA, and State Department, saying these agencies constitute a hostile internal regime working against the will of the American people. “They leak, they lie in wait, they sabotage,” he said. “That inner apparatus must be destroyed. We’re not free until it’s gone.” - “Do not give the Deep State the consent of the governed.”
“No cavalry is coming. No fairy dust. No December rescue,” Bannon warned. “You must do this yourself. It’s your sacred duty. If you give them your consent, you are complicit.” - “Whoever is not with us is against us.”
In this stark declaration, Bannon drew a line in the sand, erasing any space for political neutrality. “You can’t be on the fence anymore. If you’re not with us, you’re against us.”
From Conspiracy Theory to Conspiracy Fact
Bannon leaned hard into what critics label “conspiracy theories,” flipping the phrase into a badge of vindication. “The things you were mocked for? They weren’t conspiracy theories. They were conspiracy facts,” he said, referring to Crossfire Hurricane, the Russia hoax, COVID origins, election fraud, and the January 6 prosecutions.
He claimed a special prosecutor is forthcoming to investigate the full breadth of “the regime’s crimes,” including the origins of Russiagate, the handling of the 2020 election, and the alleged government cover-ups surrounding Jeffrey Epstein.
“Epstein is the key that picks the lock,” Bannon argued. “It opens the door to intelligence services, to blackmail, to foreign and domestic operatives.”
A Time for Choosing—and for Deportation
Echoing Ronald Reagan’s famous phrase, Bannon repeated Megan Kelly’s line from the summit: “It’s a time for choosing.” He then pushed forward with one of his most aggressive statements yet—calling for mass deportations of millions of illegal immigrants. “Tucker said 61 million. I don’t care if it’s 10 or 20. They all must be deported,” Bannon declared, accusing the Biden administration of orchestrating an “invasion.”
He tied the immigration issue directly to a broader narrative of internal subversion: “The main war is the enemy within… inside these gates. Los Angeles. Chicago. New York. That’s the enemy. That must be addressed.”
Echoes of Rome, Warnings of War
In a historical flourish, Bannon invoked Cato the Elder of the Roman Republic, who ended every Senate speech with “Carthago delenda est” (Carthage must be destroyed). Bannon repurposed the phrase: “The Deep State delenda est. It must be destroyed. And it’s your responsibility to do it.”
He also warned of global distractions being used to drain national focus: “They want war after war after war. Ukraine is their next sinkhole. But the real fight is here—at home.”
A Movement at the Brink
Bannon ended with a rallying cry for unbreakable commitment: “If you falter, we lose. If you endure, we win. Just like we did in 2016. Just like we did in 2020. And in 2024, we’ll win again—and they’ll study that victory for centuries.”
Framing Tampa 2025 as a revolutionary moment in American history, Bannon’s speech wasn’t just rhetoric—it was a call for political warfare. For his supporters, the Tampa Resolves are the new battle plan. For his critics, it’s a manifesto of radical populism. Either way, the movement isn’t retreating.