Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.

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          The symbol that actual white nationalists still do at their rallys? Origins don’t matter in terms of how it’s actively used by groups, Whinnie the Pooh is either a loveable bear or a critique of the Chinese goverment. Mac Tonight is an McDonald’s mascot or a racist. A swastika is either Nazis or good luck to Hindus.

          All sorts of groups latch on to cultural touchstones.

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          I remember hearing that in middle school about a decade prior to 4chan (similar to ‘the Band 311 means 3 of the 11th letter, KKK’). So my head canon is that it was a school kid joke/meme that carried over to 4chan.