” according to Sarah McBride, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, who spoke to theNew York Timesin 2017. “This symbolism largely became popular from an anti-Muslim context and that remains the primary reason [it’s used] today.”Common symbols used by the far right include the“Deus vult” flagand the“Crusader Cross,” that there’s a clear reason why the far right finds it so easy to identify with the Crusaders. “You have scholarly works that are built from an assumption that Europe was ‘under siege’ and needed to defend itself, and that blends with pop-culture fantasy-medieval, likeGame of ThronesorKingdom of Heaven, He lists opioid addiction as a major issue for his campaign. “When it comes that close to you, you realize that it’s something that you have to do something about. This is hurting a whole generation of people, and if we don’t get it under control now, we’re looking at bigger problemsdown the road