What has come to be known as the replacement theory first became popular in France and then traveled to the United States. The replacement theory went across the Atlantic to the United States and, as discussed below, motivated several deadly attacks on people of colour and non-Christians. On September 9, 2016, while campaigning for the presidency, he espoused a version of the replacement theory pertaining to elections. On March 15, 2019, a man killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand after writing a document invoking replacement theory by name and warning of an invasion by nonwhites. The replacement theory was fully endorsed by Tucker Carlson who has emerged as the most influential voice representing white nationalism on the American television.

Source: The Express Tribune May 23, 2022 15:07 UTC