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Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump drew widespread rebuke on Saturday with a tweet featuring a Star of David while accusing rival Hillary Clinton of corruption.
The star, a symbol of Judaism, was on a backdrop of $100 bills and paired with a Fox News poll in which a majority of respondents described Clinton as corrupt. Next to Clintons face was a red Star of David bearing the words Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!
The origins of the tweet are unclear, but the attacks apparent anti-Semitic imagery prompted backlash on Twitter. (Trumps daughter, Ivanka, has converted to Judaism.)
Josh Schwerin, a Clinton campaign spokesman, was among those who highlighted Trumps tweet:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-tweets-apparently-anti-000000428.html
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emulatorloo
(44,276 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Amazes me that no one in the Dump campaign caught that that...unless it was intentional.
PJMcK
(22,075 posts)Let's add "anti-Semite" to the list of Donald Trump's failings as a human being.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)It was probably an oversight. i doubt he designed it. Probably stole the graphic from some online source.
PJMcK
(22,075 posts)There has been nothing in Donald Trump's campaign- or life- that earns him the benefit of the doubt.
From the day he announced his candidacy, Mr. Trump has insulted and demeaned one group after another. As others have noted, he's a xenophobe, a misogynist, a bigot of the highest order, a liar, a cheater, an adulterer and a white supremacist. And that list just scratches the surface of this odious man.
While I'm aware that his son-in-law is Jewish and that Ivanka converted, I can't cut his campaign any slack on this. It's just too obvious. As MineralMan noted in another thread, I'm actually surprised they picture doesn't have the Star of David in yellow. (A curious side note: Chelsea Clinton, a friend of Ivanka Trump's, also married a Jewish man but I don't believe she converted.)
But you and I, wooldog, can politely disagree on this point as long as we both agree that Donald Trump must never be president!
Enjoy your Independence Day.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)PJMcK
(22,075 posts)I just saw this in a column on Vox:
It's clear someone in Mr. Trump's campaign realized what the tweet was implying.
Here's a link to the column:
http://www.vox.com/2016/7/2/12087532/donald-trump-anti-semitic-clinton-attack
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Trump doesn't believe in anything but his own ego. He'll say or do anything to get elected, including a subtle appeal to Nazis and other anti-Semites.
Maru Kitteh
(28,348 posts)You're talking about Donald Trump. How many white-supremacist dog-whistles has he been pumping on for the last 4 to 8 years? He's obviously not worried about offending his son-in-law on that front.
spanone
(135,951 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He just keeps lowering the bar.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)NOT!
Why even mention this piece of crap, let alone assist him with free media? Why advertise his tweet?
If you must do something, tweet this @RealDonaldTrump so all his followers have to see it.