Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, had to have some idea what he was doing when he endorsed Faith Goldy on Oct. 16, a controversial Canadian political candidate running for mayor of Toronto. Goldy believes Canada is undergoing a white genocide, and last year she attended the now-infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. King’s support for her campaign is exactly what it looks like: a shameful endorsement of white nationalism.

King is no stranger to racially charged controversy. The Iowa congressman once displayed a Confederate flag on his desk and has made too many comments denigrating immigrants to count. In March 2017, King tweeted, “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” The tweet references Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician with blatant anti-Muslim views, who believes in the “Great Replacement.” The Great Replacement is a far-right conspiracy theory originating in Europe. It portends that the white European population is systematically being replaced with non-Europeans, primarily from Africa and the Middle East.