According to a study using data from the 2016 American National Election Survey, about 11 million of 198 million white Americans could be considered far-right. That’s 6 percent of the population, which is hardly a “non-entity.” Another poll found that 9 percent thought neo-Nazism was an acceptable political position.

Even if Pepe-posting memelords aren’t really in the halls of power, their ideas are in the form of Trump and far-right reps like Steve King. The political center of gravity has shifted to right significantly. Do you think it’s a coincidence that Fox News and Trump were sounding the alarm about “diseased” migrants storming the borders and shortly thereafter a man named Robert Bowers shot 11 Jews in a synagogue that advocated for the rights of refugees?