Steve Bannon invoked Andrew Jackson to argue that the United States is not a loose club of states, but a country with enforceable rules and federal authority.
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Andrew Jackson and the Case for National Sovereignty
STEVE BANNON (HOST): You need to go full Andrew. Do you think General Jackson, the hero of New Orleans, that crushed the British Army and made sure the British understood, you know, coming back here, bro, we will crush you?
I’ll make up a team of, you know, a dog’s breakfast of individuals down in New Orleans and we will crush you.
We ended that like he ended Calhoun and those guys in South Carolina who were kind of pushing for, you know, we think the states actually are supreme here.
You know, we’re just a collection. We’re just a club of organized states. General Jackson said, no, no, no, no. We’ve been fighting this thing for this long to be a club. We’re not a club. We’re a country. We’ve got rules in this country.
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