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Simply days after he teased his retirement, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak has discovered himself on the centre of a social media firestorm after a smiling picture of him standing alongside Marjorie Taylor Greene has surfaced.

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Based on TMZ, the picture was taken earlier this month.

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Within the snap, a grinning Sajak, 75, is flanked between Proper Aspect Broadcasting Community reporter Bryan Glenn and the controversial Georgia Republican who prior to now has promoted racist movies and adamantly supported the far-right conspiracy theories espoused by QAnon.

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PatriotTakes, which describes itself as “devoted researchers monitoring and exposing right-wing extremism,” first shared the picture on Twitter.

Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Newberger was amongst those that blasted Sajak for the picture op, noting that Greene spoke on the America First Political Motion Convention placed on by far-right determine Nick Fuentes and attended by white nationalists earlier this 12 months. “So by all means, Pat Sajak, take some selfies together with her,” Newberger wrote. “Seems just like the Wheel of Fortune is morally bankrupt.”

Newberger shared a photograph of the Wheel of Fortune board with the message, “Posing with Nazis.”

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One other Twitter follower shared the same picture and the message, “Pat Sajak hangs out with Nazis.” In the meantime, others declared they have been “achieved watching Wheel of Fortune” after the image emerged.

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However former U.S. Home of Representatives candidate Johnny Akzam mentioned the picture wasn’t information, writing, “It’s well-known Pat Sajak is a raving conservative. Watch the present, don’t watch the present, however he’s about to retire and y’all are late by over half my life.”

PatriotTakes poured via Sajak’s outdated Tweets and famous how the sport present host trended on Twitter for calling local weather activists, “unpatriotic racists.”

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Different outdated, deleted tweets, discovered Sajak joking about being a heterosexual and individuals who “throw round” the phrase racist.

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However some followers didn’t have an issue together with his pic with Greene. “That folks hate Pat Sajak simply due to his conservative views is a microcosm of the whole lot improper with our nation proper now,” one individual noticed, whereas one other famous that the social media takedown was proof that “cancel tradition is totally uncontrolled.”

Greene additionally took a swipe at critics, tweeting, “There’s nothing extra pathetic and hypocritical than the left’s whiny cancel tradition. I’d like to resolve the puzzle please. M-A-Okay-E A-M-E-R-I-C-A G-R-E-A-T A-G-A-I-N.”

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Earlier this month, Sajak and co-host Vanna White introduced they’re sticking with Wheel of Fortune till 2024, however he hinted that his time on the present — which he has fronted since 1981 — is coming to a detailed.

“We’re getting close to the top. It’s been a protracted [time]. We’re not gonna do that for one more 40 years. The top is close to,” Sajak advised Leisure Tonight.

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