“ ‘He’s got a fearlessness. And he’s a fighter. I think he’ll go through a lot of that field, if he decides to stick with it, like a scythe through grass.’ ”

That’s Republican strategist and former senior White House adviser Steve Bannon sharing his thoughts with Bill Maher on the prospect of Michael Avenatti making a run at the White House in 2020.

“If Bernie Sanders had an ounce of Avenatti’s fearlessness, he would’ve been the Democratic nominee, and we would have had a much tougher time beating him,” Bannon continued. “Now, I don’t believe a professional politician is going to be there at the end of the day. I’ve always said it’s going to be someone like Oprah, or Avenatti, or somebody that’s more media-savvy that’s going to be there.”