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Wayne Allyn Root
Right-wing conspiracy theorist
Wayne Allyn Root hosts a radio show for right-wing website Newsmax TV and formerly wrote for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He is a conspiracy theorist who has spread discredited false claims about President Barack Obama as well as several violent incidents and mass shootings.