Steve Bannon Draws Red Line in GOP Civil War, Blasts 'Enemy' Republicans

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon on Wednesday criticized Republicans who support the $1.66 trillion omnibus bill, which passed in the Senate on Thursday with the votes of 18 Republicans and all Democrats.

"It's not simply the spending, which is going to crush everybody..," said Bannon, who served under the Trump administration, during a segment of his War Room show. "It's about leverage....you're giving Nancy Pelosi another year. Didn't the American people just vote on that?"

The spending bill, which is meant to avert a government shutdown, was passed in the Senate by a bipartisan 68-29 vote, and it is now supposed to head to the House for debate ahead of the Friday midnight deadline.

Which Republicans Voted For The Omnibus Bill?

The 18 Republicans who voted in favor of the spending bill include Senators:

1. Roy Blunt of Missouri,
2. John Boozman of Arkansas,
3. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia,
4. Susan Collins of Maine,
5. John Cornyn of Texas,
6. Tom Cotton of Arkansas,
7. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina,
8. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma,
9. Jerry Moran of Kansas,
10. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska,
11. Rob Portman of Ohio,
12. Mitt Romney of Utah,
13. Mike Rounds of South Dakota,
14. Richard Shelby of Alabama,
15. John Thune of South Dakota,
16. Roger Wicker of Mississippi,
17. Todd Young of Indiana, and
18. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

"Now we're sitting here, and this is just up in your face, and anyone who voted for this is your enemy politically," Bannon said on Wednesday, a day before the voting session in the Senate.

If approved, the bill would fund the federal government through September 30, 2023, and boost domestic and defense spending, according to The Washington Post.

The bill was delayed for weeks as members of Congress disagreed over the proposals in the measure, such as funding around immigration, which was a major issue that former President Donald Trump ranted about in a video he posted on Truth Social on Thursday morning before the bill passed in the Senate.

In the video, Trump described the spending bill as "ludicrous" and "unacceptable," adding that it is a "disaster for our country." He also blamed the Republican party for not stopping the bill and blamed McConnell for helping the Democrats pass the measure before Republicans take control of the House in the new year.

"Biden and the radical Democrats are trying to ram through this monstrosity in the dark of night when no one has even had a chance to read [the bill]," Trump said.

The former president went on to say that the "bill will make the border worse" and criticized the Biden administration over inflation and crime.

"Our country is going to hell because of what they [the Biden administration] have done the last two years," he added.

Newsweek reached out to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office for comment.