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The former Breitbart chairman said the opposing party played a “fair fight” and urged supporters to show the same enthusiasm as their Democratic counterparts.
Mr Bannon said: “I tip my hat to the opposition. I like a good, fair fight.
“They have been aggressive. They’ve raised money. They’ve been on message.
“And it’s up to us, right? You get the Trump people out, you’re going to win.”
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He added a New York Times poll put Kansas Democrat congressional candidate Paul Davis at a four-point lead over Republican Steve Watkins.
Emphasising Kansas’ potentially pivotal role in deciding which party controls the House of Representatives, he said if Mr Davis wins “we’re going to lose this”.
It was the poll that apparently sparked him to fly to Kansas and hold the impromptu meeting at a Holiday Inn Express on the US-24 highway.
Urging supporters to help campaign for the Republican Party in the final stretch before the midterm elections next week, Mr Bannon painted a picture of what could happen if they lost.
He said the Robert Mueller report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election will likely be finished by the end of the year and that a Democratic Party in charge in the House would use this to impeach Trump.
The Trump loyalist refused to praise the Mr Watkins personally, saying he does not campaign for candidates.
However, he encouraged supporters to think about who will be the next Speaker of the House, echoing Trump's line of attack in his Make America Great Again rallies.
Mr Watkins’ spokesman Bryan Piligra made it clear there was no connection between the campaign and Mr Bannon’s event.
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However, he reiterated Mr Bannon’s comments about Representative Nancy Pelosi returning to her position as speaker.
He said: “That’s why Nancy Pelosi and her allies have made Steve Watkins a top five target for their smear campaign nationwide.”
Mr Bannon declared God had delivered Republicans their win in 2016, but that they could not rely on prayer this time.
He asked campaigners to help canvass door-to-door and at phone banks.