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Conservative Debater Concedes Trump Uses Treason Rhetoric Against Dissent

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published May 19, 2026 · Updated May 22, 2026 · Modern Day Debates · DEBATE: Andrew Wilson V. PaulsEgo | Is Trump a Fascist?
Conservative Debater Concedes Trump Uses Treason Rhetoric Against Dissent
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DEBATE: Andrew Wilson V. PaulsEgo | Is Trump a Fascist?

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"I'm just kind of willing to grant it. So you, I would be willing to concede that you have enough evidence on your side from statements that even if I made the case, this is colloquial and everybody on X all day long calls everybody else a traitor, literally all day."

Right-wing debater Andrew Wilson acknowledged that Trump exhibits patterns of calling critics treasonous, meeting one of Umberto Eco's fascism criteria. Wilson conceded Trump's rhetoric suppressing dissent was documented enough to grant the point, though he argued such language has become common across the political spectrum on social media platforms.

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