Wayne Allyn Root
American political commentator (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wayne Allyn Root (born July 20, 1961)[1][2] is an American conservative television and radio host, author, activist, conservative political commentator and conspiracy theorist.[3][4] He is the host of three television shows: "The ROOT Reaction" nightly at 10 PM ET on Real America's Voice TV...and at 7 PM ET on Lindell TV network (FrankSpeech.com)...and Saturdays at Noon ET "America's Top Ten Countdown with Wayne Allyn Root" on Real America's Voice TV. He is also the radio host of "Wayne Allyn Root: Raw & Unfiltered" on AM 670 in Las Vegas and nationally-syndicated on the USA Radio Network, and formerly on Newsmax TV.[5] Root was an opinion columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[6] His newspaper columns are currently nationally syndicated on Sundays by Creators Syndicate.
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Born | Wayne Allyn Root (1961-07-20) July 20, 1961 (age 63) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation(s) | Television and radio talk show host, author, political and social commentator |
Employer(s) | Newsmax (2010–2020) Breitbart News (2011–present) Townhall (2012–present) Citizens Journal (2013–present) KBET (2016–present) Las Vegas Review-Journal (2016–2020) USA Radio Network (2017–present) The Gateway Pundit (2017–present) Creators Syndicate (2019–present) Las Vegas Tribune (2020) |
Notable credit(s) | Fox Business (2009) Fox News (2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016–2017) Ghost Adventures (2008–2013, 2015–2016 and 2018–2019) King of Vegas (2006) Las Vegas Law (2016) Ora TV and RT America (2014–2017) |
Television | Financial News Network (1989–1991) Newsmax TV (2017–2020) |
Political party | Republican (before 2007, 2012–present) Libertarian (2007–2012) |
Movement | Conservative and libertarian |
Spouses | Victoria Creg–Payne
(m. 1986; div. 1990)Debra Parks
(m. 1991; div. 2017)
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Partner | Cindy Parker (2017–present) |
Children | 4 (with Parks) |
Website | rootforamerica |
Root was the vice presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party in the 2008 presidential election. In 2012, he left the Libertarian Party, rejoined the Republican Party, and endorsed and voted for Mitt Romney and Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. He has remained a staunch supporter of Trump.
Root is the CEO of the publicly traded penny stock company VegasWinners.com, (WNRS symbol) who recently partnered with the MGM Hotel's BetMGM.[7]