Connecticut Republicans Today: Congressional candidate joined Marjorie Taylor Greene in Danbury demonstration for Bannon.

Michael Massey is the Republican nominee for the House of Representatives from Connecticut’s Third Congressional District. On Monday, Massey joined conspiracy crazed nihilist Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia).

Massey traveled to Danbury to show support for Donald Trump ally and podcaster Steve Bannon as he reported to federal prison in Danbury to begin serving a four month sentence for contempt of Congress. The former Goldman Sachs investment banker and film producer used the opportunity to rail at the nation’s “ruling elite.” The Supreme Court declined to consider the 70 year old Harvard Business School graduate’s appeal to stay his sentence.

On his final day in office in 2021, Trump pardoned Bannon for all charges arising out of an alleged fraud scheme that duped donors into supporting Trump’s proposal to build a wall at the nation’s southern border. Bannon’s Danbury sentence arises from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House’s special committee investigating the January 6th attempt to prevent the House and Senate from counting and certifying the 2020 Electoral College votes.

Massey was inspired to become involved in politics, as he tells the tale, when he heard a Trump speech while serving a prison sentence for a 2008 armed robbery of a Naugatuck bank. He will face incumbent Democrat Rosa DeLauro, who is seeking her 13th term.

Published July 3, 2024.