Steve Bannon on H-1B Visas: “Everything You Just Heard is a Bald-Faced Lie”

As the online debate about H-1B visas escalates, Steve Bannon is chiming in.

He’s standing firmly on the side of American workers, calling the H-1B program a “total scam.”

Speaking on his show, Bannon put it bluntly, “Everything you just heard in support of H-1B visas is a bald-faced lie. Absolutely outrageous. American jobs are for American citizens.“

Period.

Watch Bannon’s take here:

Bannon: Everything you just heard in support of H-1B visas is a bald-faced lie. Absolutely outrageous. American jobs are for American citizens. This is a total scam. We need a throw down now. Like Frankie Pentangeli says in The Godfather, “Let’s hit them now while we’re strong.” pic.twitter.com/GnsVCnWmT9

— Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) December 27, 2024

Steve Bannon on H-1B Visas:
“This whole thing about oh…they’re only geniuses…H-1B Visas…that’s NOT what it’s about. It’s about taking American jobs and bringing over essentially what have become indentured servants at lower wages…the thing’s a SCAM by the Oligarchs in Silicon… pic.twitter.com/s9iS0XNZ9M

— MAGA Kitty (@SaveUSAKitty) December 27, 2024

Steve Bannon also expressed his views on Gettr, calling out Elon Musk and warning that his “true colors” are coming out.

Newsweek reported:

In a stream of posts on the alt-tech social platform Gettr, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon warned that billionaire Elon Musk‘s “true colors” are showing with the ongoing debate about the H-1B visa program.

“True Colors Shining Through,” Bannon captioned a post that included an Axios article about how a “MAGA Civil War” has broken out “over race, immigration and billionaires versus the working class.”

Newsweek reached out to Musk’s and Bannon’s communications teams for comment.

Musk and Bannon are leading President-elect Donald Trump allies, having been close to the Republican nominee for multiple issues during his first presidency and the transition to his next term in office. However, they seem at odds over the ongoing debates about H-1B, a visa class for specialized workers.

“H1B Visa Program Should be Zeroed-Out —Used to Constantly Drive Wages Down and Replace American Tech Workers —the Foreign Worker Replacements are Treated Like Indentured Servants…” Bannon posted Friday morning.

Discussions around the H-1B visa program have intensified over the recent days as some within Trump’s close circle have been advocating for removing country-specific caps on green cards to address backlogs faced by applicants from countries including India.

Leave it to Steve Bannon to be the voice of reason in the room.

Steve Bannon’s stance echoes President Trump’s 2016 stance on H-1B visas.

This social media user has the receipts:

I have no idea why they’re going against Trump’s original plan on the issue in 2016, and that Steve is discussing here, but I am sharing it anyway, and so that everyone will know what Steve is talking about. pic.twitter.com/w6BojDsxyw

— Rayme Treudeau© (@Rayme_Treudeau) December 27, 2024

Many other America-First social media users agree with Bannon:

I knew Steve would have the correct take.

— 🇺🇸 Ed 🙏 (@edber29) December 27, 2024

Only man in the room willing to put it on the line for average Americans.

— Royrogers55 (@Royrogers551) December 27, 2024

@elonmusk you hearing us MAGA

— Buddy Coleman (@buddycoleman568) December 27, 2024