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Brody Levesque writes for the Los Angeles Blade:
A twenty-four year old right-wing extremist based in the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area, Ethan Schmidt, posted a short video of himself accompanied by Kyle Clifton who describes himself as “authoritarian Christian nationalist,” driving in an undisclosed area announcing that he and Clifton will be “hunting ‘LGBT supporters” and people in area Target retail stores. Last Fall Schmidt posed with Trump endorsed Republican candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake as he burned a LGBTQ+ Pride flag.
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Schmidt previously appeared on JMG when he harassed cancer patients at a wig store for wearing masks.
In January, he was banned from the Arizona Capitol after harassing a black lawmaker, saying that his mask was a “slave muzzle.”
In February, he earned national headlines when he berated store employees for selling Black History Month items.
Earlier this month he was detained after his group harassed abortion rights protesters and his accomplice was arrested for assault.
According to the Tucson Sentinel, Schmidt is currently awaiting trial for DUI. In a video posted to Reddit, Schmidt can be seen flaunting his ankle monitor.
His “anti-maskers club” still has a YouTube account. You know what to do.
Right-wing extremist provocateur threatens to ‘hunt’ LGBT supporters https://t.co/yW3oPtpknO
— Los Angeles Blade (@LosAngelesBlade) May 22, 2022
Ethan Schmidt, a right wing provocateur who has made videos with Kari Lake, Wendy Rogers, and Paul Gosar, warned Target he will “hunt LGBT supporters” in their stores and across Phoenix in June, stating they “are not safe” and they “can’t hide.” pic.twitter.com/O3ReHVN3qY
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) May 21, 2022
Rep. Paul Gosar with Ethan Schmidt telling antivaxxers “to stay the course.”
This is the new Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/Z0ogrq8nO4
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) May 21, 2022
Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers made a video promoting Ethan Schmidt, who is now stating he will “hunt LGBT supporters” at Target and across Phoenix. pic.twitter.com/1CBmJGHYvN
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) May 21, 2022
Kari Lake posed for an “Antimaskers Club” video with bigot Ethan Schmidt who burns rainbow flags.
This is who Trump endorsed. pic.twitter.com/mnTFqdjaAZ
— Resist Programming ? (@RzstProgramming) September 28, 2021
Kyle Clifton is also obsessed with The Anti-Defamation League (see image above). He recently thought he went and filmed a rant in front of the Phoenix ADL headquarters, not realizing it has been long abandoned. pic.twitter.com/BjOxsme8fQ
— AZ Right Wing Watch (@az_rww) October 8, 2021
This was a first & should never happen again to anyone, anywhere.
After visiting w/teachers I exited an elevator to a camera pointed at me by a man asking “Why are you wearing a slave muzzle?”. This blatant racism has no place in the people’s House. https://t.co/5k9Y62ZXPR
— Reginald Bolding (@reginaldbolding) January 26, 2022
Ethan Schmidt also visited a Target store and told an employee: “The pride, it offends me. …I'm gonna go after Target so hard that they're going to have to ban me from every single store. …Target, I'm going after you.” pic.twitter.com/EFMs8ObrYK
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) May 21, 2022
(⬆️ Action items in above quote tweeted thread.)@AskTarget Ethan Schmidt is based out of Scottsdale, Arizona and likes to harass retail employees over mask policies. He posted video destroying your store’s pride display. pic.twitter.com/wqP8mbhIrZ
— Resist Programming ? (@RzstProgramming) May 9, 2021