Ex-Trump White House official warns America to take Bannon's dark warning 'very seriously'

Former Trump administration Homeland Security staffer Miles Taylor signaled that Steve Bannon's recent warning about President Donald Trump using federal immigration agents at airport security checkpoints as a "test run" for the upcoming midterms should be taken seriously.

In an exclusive interview with Raw America and Raw Story founder John Byrne, Taylor described how he has long expected Trump would try to use federal law enforcement in an attempt to intimidate Americans at the polls.

"We have seen militia groups around the country in previous elections, including elections in which Donald Trump has been a candidate, go to the polls with black jackets on and with rifles to try to scare people in those districts from going to vote," Taylor said. "And now, it seems to be the type of thing that the president's allies, at least, are encouraging him to do around election season. And Donald Trump has flirted with that idea. That's alarming."

Taylor argued that Bannon's claims last week could be realistic, and that attorneys general, secretaries of state, and local leaders should be ready to take legal action and prepare before it's too late.

"I do see the ICE agents being sent to airports, just like Steve Bannon says, as a test run," Taylor said. "We should take Bannon at his word. And remember, yeah, does Bannon say a lot of crazy things that don't come to fruition? A fair number. But I'd say far more things that he predicts and encouraged this administration to do indeed come to fruition. We need to take that very seriously. We're not in fiction territory anymore."