happen. >> reporter: he produced a series of blistering films promoting conservative views on immigration, climate change and the obama administration. bannon's movies praised sarah palin and the right, while savaging hillary clinton and the left. >> with the clintons, nothing is sacred. everything is for sale. but we are the ones who are paying the price. >> reporter: and through it all he preached the gospel of a government run amok. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> reporter: by the time he and trump joined forces, bannon was fiercely going after the media and elites of all stripes. >> i say every day these working class men and women, middle class men and women are ten times smarter than this intellectual group. >> reporter: but the outsider status caused friction with d.c. insiders. he couldn't push any legislation through to passage. the critics never stopped