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Scorched Earth: Lauren Witzke Wants Trump To Go 'Full Dictator'

Earlier this month, racist(link is external) conspiracy theorists(link is external) Edward Szall(link is external) and Lauren Witzke(link is external) welcomed antisemitic(link is external) fascist(link is external) Vincent James onto their "CrossTalk" program where the three asserted that gay people should be forced back into the closet so that they won't get beaten up, abused, and harassed ... by people like them(link is external).

Just days following that program, Szall was in Iowa for the Republican presidential caucus and managed to have his photo taken(link is external) with former President Donald Trump.

On the latest episode(link is external) of "CrossTalk," Szall recounted his meeting with Trump, which prompted Witzke to fantasize about Trump going "full dictator."

"Did you tell him to go scorched earth?" Witzke asked Szall. "I would have told him, 'President Trump, I want you to throw Hillary Clinton in Gitmo, Obama in Gitmo, just all of them. Clean up the federal government and send them to Guantanamo Bay.' I hope he goes full dictator, scorched earth, catapulting illegals over the wall. That would be awesome."

Szall replied that he could not reveal the details of "any private conversation" he had with Trump, but did say that Trump "told us he has really appreciated our work."

Witzke, who was the Republican nominee(link is external) for a seat in the U.S.Senate in 2020 and has said that she is "seriously considering(link is external)" running again in 2024, has become increasingly open about her desire to see Trump returned to power so that he can execute(link is external) his political enemies and turn this nation into a "theocratic monarchy(link is external)" under the permanent control of the Trump family.

Witzke is not the only white nationalist vocalizing her support for a Trump dictatorship. Just last night, white nationalist(link is external) Christian fascist(link is external) activist Tyler Russell used a livestream broadcast(link is external) on Nick Fuentes’ “anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-Black, antisemitic(link is external)” streaming platform to proclaim that "we want Trump to be the dictator."

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