On April 4, 2021, far-right social media troll Jack Posobiec posted a tweet that asked, "Why was [U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.] wearing an Odal Rune?" The so-called "Odal rune" was the focus of ...

Neo-Nazis have been using the Odal Rune sign in place of the swastika for several years. CPAC's stage is the same shape. The pic on the left is from Charlotteville in 2017.

The odal rune was meant to make white supremacy more mainstream. Since Trump stood on one at CPAC to start his political comeback, I guess it worked. Chris Truax. Opinion columnist.

What's True. The shape of the stage resembled a version of the "Odal rune" symbol that was used by a number of Nazi divisions during the early 20th century.

Versions of the Odal rune were used as an insignia by at least two Nazi military divisions during World War II. It served as an emblem for the Nazi 7th SS Mountain Division that fought in Croatia ...

The stage itself, however, drew anger for its shape — identical to that of the Odal or Othala rune, historically used as a Nazi insignia.