He lived in a French-speaking Quebec, far from the U.S. president's campaign rallies and "America first" appeals. For Bissonette and other white nationalist, radical right and anti-immigrant extremists all over the world, it's a symbol; a kind of political messaging that transcends the specifics of country and language. It often appears on white nationalist media personalities and far-right trolls attempting to disrupt anti-racism demonstrations. The head of the World Coalition Against Islam, a Canadian extremist group that openly refers to Muslims as "sewage," routinely wears a MAGA hat at rallies. MAGA symbols abroad aren't solely the province of extremists, but they tend to attract a certain type.

Source: Huffington Post April 07, 2019 03:00 UTC