James Fishback is a far-right Republican candidate for governor in Florida whose campaign has overtly appealed to the white nationalist movement, with Fishback making multiple appearances on programs hosted by virulently antisemitic white nationalists and voicing his admiration for white nationalist Nick Fuentes and his "groyper" movement.
On Friday, Fishback appeared on the American Family Association's "Jenna Ellis In The Morning" program, hosted by one of President Donald Trump's former attorneys, where he opened the interview by praising the Trump administration for arresting independent journalist Don Lemon for his coverage of a group of anti-ICE protesters who invaded a church in Minneapolis earlier this month.
"It is a good day for law and order in America," Fishback declared. "A man ransacked a church during Sunday service with BLM and antifa thugs. If our Founding Fathers knew that a bunch of thugs, led by Don Lemon, had ransacked a church on Sunday morning while parishioners were praising our awesome God, they would have likely called for his public execution."
"Don Lemon should be lucky that he's not getting executed in the public square for his little stunt, his violence, his aggression," Fishback continued. "It's time that Christians stand up for our rights in this country. We cannot be bullied. We cannot be pushed around, least of all by Don Lemon, and so it's a good day for law and order. I'm proud of what President Trump and the DOJ are doing and let's see that justice is served in this case all the way through."