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Related: About this forumTrump ally Michael Flynn sorry for retweet of antisemitic message
Source: The Guardian
Trump ally Michael Flynn sorry for retweet of antisemitic message
Alan Yuhas
Sunday 24 July 2016 18.51 BST
Associations of antisemitism returned to shadow Donald Trumps presidential campaign on Sunday, after the Republican and his allies, including a three-star general who was a vice-presidential hopeful, were forced again to answer questions about supporters with explicitly bigoted views.
The retired army lieutenant general Michael Flynn retweeted an explicitly antisemitic message regarding the leak of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
Flynn, who was on the shortlist to be Trumps VP and spoke during primetime at the Republican national convention last week, retweeted a post in sympathy with a Trump supporter who mocked Hillary Clintons campaign, which has blamed Russian hackers for the leak.
The pseudonymous Trump supporter tweeted: CNN implicated. The USSR is to blame! Not anymore, Jews. Not anymore.
The retired general deleted his retweet and later said the earlier retweet was a mistake and that he had meant to link to an article on Clinton and the DNC emails. My sincerest apologies, he added.
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Alan Yuhas
Sunday 24 July 2016 18.51 BST
Associations of antisemitism returned to shadow Donald Trumps presidential campaign on Sunday, after the Republican and his allies, including a three-star general who was a vice-presidential hopeful, were forced again to answer questions about supporters with explicitly bigoted views.
The retired army lieutenant general Michael Flynn retweeted an explicitly antisemitic message regarding the leak of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
Flynn, who was on the shortlist to be Trumps VP and spoke during primetime at the Republican national convention last week, retweeted a post in sympathy with a Trump supporter who mocked Hillary Clintons campaign, which has blamed Russian hackers for the leak.
The pseudonymous Trump supporter tweeted: CNN implicated. The USSR is to blame! Not anymore, Jews. Not anymore.
The retired general deleted his retweet and later said the earlier retweet was a mistake and that he had meant to link to an article on Clinton and the DNC emails. My sincerest apologies, he added.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/24/donald-trump-general-michael-flynn-antisemitic-tweet
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Trump ally Michael Flynn sorry for retweet of antisemitic message (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2016
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sorry it got the WRONG kind of attention. getting CAUGHT is why he is sorry.
pansypoo53219
Jul 2016
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emulatorloo
(44,276 posts)1. Direct link to screen capture of tweet
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/24/donald-trump-general-michael-flynn-antisemitic-tweet#img-2
How can he claim this is a "mistake"? The antisemitic remark is there in plain day. He expects us to believe he didn't see it?
How can he claim this is a "mistake"? The antisemitic remark is there in plain day. He expects us to believe he didn't see it?
MattP
(3,304 posts)2. Flynn has his own ties to Russia
agingdem
(7,877 posts)3. I get it the mix up
DNC is spelled J E W...what a liar!!!
pansypoo53219
(21,016 posts)4. sorry it got the WRONG kind of attention. getting CAUGHT is why he is sorry.