Businessman, perennial candidate, and provocateur Paul Nehlen tried to ride Donald Trump’s coattails into Congress only to lose the Republican primary by 70 points. He continues to descend to new lows.

This holiday season has found Nehlen dreaming of a white Christmas, dabbling in alt-right tropes and boasting about reading an author once described as the “Marx of the anti-Semites.” What began as a dog whistle now blares like a trumpet.