11:24 AM PDT 7/2/2016 by Natalie Stone Natalie Stone
The businessman’s new tweet replaced the six-pointed figure with a circle.
Donald Trump posted a controversial image to Twitter on Saturday morning that included a Star of David and labeled Hillary Clinton as “the most corrupt candidate ever!”
The photoshopped image showed Clinton’s face next to the Star of David atop a background of $100 bills and the text “History Made,” with credit to “Fox News Poll” at the bottom.
Not long after the GOP candidate tweeted the image with the caption “Crooked Hillary — Makes History!” the businessman deleted the tweet following an outpour of backlash from social media users, who called his post “anti-semitic.”
“Interesting to see a major party nominee leverage the antisemitism meme so aggressively,” Twitter user @ProfJeffJarviss weighed in.
Clinton national spokesman Josh Schwerin also chimed in and questioned the presidential hopeful about the controversial tweet. “Why is there a Star of David?”
After deleting the tweet, the former Apprentice star tweeted out a new image, which replaced the six-pointed figure with a circle.
Crooked Hillary — Makes History! #ImWithYou #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/PKQhYhMmIX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2016
See the original photo below.
Interesting to see a major party nominee leverage the antisemitism meme so aggressively: pic.twitter.com/LmHZWegQte
— Prof. Jeff Brexit (@ProfJeffJarviss) July 2, 2016
Why is there a Star of David? https://t.co/CMidmfHbjg
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) July 2, 2016
Source: Hollywood Reporter – Top Story
