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That cartoon frog is more sinister than you might realize.

September 12, 2016 by Elizabeth Chan

Over the weekend, Donald Trumps son and one of his closest advisers posted an odd photo on their social media accounts:

This raised some important questions.

Thats Pepe. Hes a symbol associated with white supremacy.

Thats right.

Heres the short version: Pepe is a cartoon frog who began his internet life as an innocent meme enjoyed by teenagers and pop stars alike.

But in recent months, Pepes been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the alt-right. Theyve decided to take back Pepe by adding swastikas and other symbols of anti-semitism and white supremacy.

We basically mixed Pepe in with Nazi propaganda, etc. We built that association, one prominent white supremacist told the Daily Beast.

Trump has retweeted his white supremacist supporters with regularity, but the connection between the alt-right and his campaign continues to strengthen. Trump has been slow to disavow support from Ku Klux Klansmen and white supremacy groups, and he recently hired Breitbart.coms Steve Bannon as his campaign CEO (and Bannon isnt shy about the fact that his news organization is the platform for the alt-right).

Now white supremacists have given Pepe the cartoon frog some Trump hairand the candidates own son says he is honored to be grouped with him.

Yes.

Nope.

Notably, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who believes the government was behind the 9/11 (and that Newtown was completely fake), and Breitbarts Milo Yiannopoulos, whose racism and bigotry is so egregious that Twitter banned him from using their site.

Yes.

Vote.

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