Trump Quickly Replaces Tweet That Prompted Cries of anti-Semitism Online
'Trump's new anti-Hilary ad is a pile of money overlaid with her face & a star of david,' wrote Max Fisher of the original image. 'Wonder what the message is?'
Haaretz Jul 02, 2016 6:50 PM
Screen grab of Donald Trump's tweet of an image of Hillary Clinton with the words "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever" on a Star of David-like form. July 2, 2016.Twitter
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The Trump campaign quickly replaced one of the presumptive candidate's tweets on Saturday, following an avalanche of criticism that it was anti-Semitic and bigoted.
The original image tweeted by Donald Trump was a montage of Hilary Clinton with a Star of David inscribed with "The Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" and a pile of money in the background.
Before and after: Screen grab of Donald Trump's tweets of an image of Hillary Clinton with the words "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever," first (R) on a Star of David-like form, then (L) on a circle. July 2Twitter
Predictably, Trump's latest tweet had the Twitter universe in an uproar. "WTF does Trump's Star of David tweet mean?" asked Peter Wade on the Esquire website, describing it as "perhaps the most confusing and offensive graphic of the 2016 campaign."
"It is offensive on so many levels," Wade continued. "It evokes negative Jewish stereotypes and misappropriates a religious symbol."
"This wasn’t a tweet that the candidate retweeted from someone else, unlike much of the racist material that the candidate has endorsed on his Twitter account," wrote Jason Easley on the Politics USA website.
"The Trump campaign designed a graphic highlighting Hillary Clinton’s fundraising that placed a Star of David beside her. It is evident that the Trump campaign was implying that Clinton is raising her money from Jews.
skip - Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer responds to Trump's Tweet
"Trump is flat out appealing to bigots and racists. His campaign is not trying to hide whose support they are courting. Trump is going for the bigot vote. The bigots are his base."
skip - Max Fischer on Trump's tweet
Barely two hours after the image was first tweeted, the Trump campaign replaced it with one in which the Star of David had become a circle. It made no reference to the initial image or the uproar it had caused.
skip - Responses to Trump's tweet
But the damage had already been done. Criticism of the original tweet was voiced across the political spectrum, from political columnist Ana Marie Cox ("Symbolism here is pretty … unsubtle") and Clinton campaign staffer Josh Schwerin to Ron Nehring, a former spokesman for Ted Cruz' presidential campaign.
skip - David Frum responds to Trump's tweet
GOP strategist Patrick Ruffini called it "anti-Semitic."
skip - Bret Stephens, from the Wall Street Journal, responds to Trump's tweet
"At this rate, Trump is a week away from tweeting out (((Crooked Hilary))) tweeted Kevin M. Kruse.
skip - Response to Trump's tweet
"Really excited for Trump to try to deflate the Star of David tweet by asking 'where’s my Jew' at his next rally," tweeted Matthew Gertz.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.728477
'Trump's new anti-Hilary ad is a pile of money overlaid with her face & a star of david,' wrote Max Fisher of the original image. 'Wonder what the message is?'
Haaretz Jul 02, 2016 6:50 PM
Screen grab of Donald Trump's tweet of an image of Hillary Clinton with the words "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever" on a Star of David-like form. July 2, 2016.Twitter
Trump's rhetoric related to uptick in anti-Semitism in U.S., ADL chief says
Trump, Brexit, ISIS and the unmistakable stench of the 1930s
Barack Obama is proof that America isn’t Britain
The Trump campaign quickly replaced one of the presumptive candidate's tweets on Saturday, following an avalanche of criticism that it was anti-Semitic and bigoted.
The original image tweeted by Donald Trump was a montage of Hilary Clinton with a Star of David inscribed with "The Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!" and a pile of money in the background.
Before and after: Screen grab of Donald Trump's tweets of an image of Hillary Clinton with the words "Most Corrupt Candidate Ever," first (R) on a Star of David-like form, then (L) on a circle. July 2Twitter
Predictably, Trump's latest tweet had the Twitter universe in an uproar. "WTF does Trump's Star of David tweet mean?" asked Peter Wade on the Esquire website, describing it as "perhaps the most confusing and offensive graphic of the 2016 campaign."
"It is offensive on so many levels," Wade continued. "It evokes negative Jewish stereotypes and misappropriates a religious symbol."
"This wasn’t a tweet that the candidate retweeted from someone else, unlike much of the racist material that the candidate has endorsed on his Twitter account," wrote Jason Easley on the Politics USA website.
"The Trump campaign designed a graphic highlighting Hillary Clinton’s fundraising that placed a Star of David beside her. It is evident that the Trump campaign was implying that Clinton is raising her money from Jews.
skip - Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer responds to Trump's Tweet
"Trump is flat out appealing to bigots and racists. His campaign is not trying to hide whose support they are courting. Trump is going for the bigot vote. The bigots are his base."
skip - Max Fischer on Trump's tweet
Barely two hours after the image was first tweeted, the Trump campaign replaced it with one in which the Star of David had become a circle. It made no reference to the initial image or the uproar it had caused.
skip - Responses to Trump's tweet
But the damage had already been done. Criticism of the original tweet was voiced across the political spectrum, from political columnist Ana Marie Cox ("Symbolism here is pretty … unsubtle") and Clinton campaign staffer Josh Schwerin to Ron Nehring, a former spokesman for Ted Cruz' presidential campaign.
skip - David Frum responds to Trump's tweet
GOP strategist Patrick Ruffini called it "anti-Semitic."
skip - Bret Stephens, from the Wall Street Journal, responds to Trump's tweet
"At this rate, Trump is a week away from tweeting out (((Crooked Hilary))) tweeted Kevin M. Kruse.
skip - Response to Trump's tweet
"Really excited for Trump to try to deflate the Star of David tweet by asking 'where’s my Jew' at his next rally," tweeted Matthew Gertz.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.728477
RIP the Brave Elie Weisel, someone who the sick Anti Semite Gassy would call a Jew Bitch.
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[h=1]What I Learn from Elie Wiesel about Donald Trump[/h]Posted on December 9, 2015 by slfuchs
Donald Trump never really attracted my attention until recent months. But I have paid close attention to Elie Wiesel for almost half a century.
It is 47 years since I first saw and heard Elie Wiesel in 1968. He was then a 40 year-old activist on behalf of Soviet Jewry.
I had just finished my undergraduate thesis on The Jews of the Soviet Union Since the End of World War II. Wiesel’s book, The Jews of Silence was a primary source of my research.
Fifteen years later in Baltimore, I gave the invocation at an event where I again heard Wiesel speak. I treasure the fact that he complimented me on my presentation, and he said something that evening that I have remembered ever since.
“It says in Pirke Avot (3:1) “Keep in mind three things: from whence you came, to where you are going, and before whom we must eventually render account. “And which of these,” Wiesel asked, “is the most important for us Jews? From whence we came! Every Jew should always know that he or she came from Sinai. And before we came from Sinai we came from slavery and oppression.”
From that day to this he has endeavored to teach that the most important lesson we learn from Sinai is that “We must not remain indifferent to the suffering of others. The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.”
Even in the face of danger Jews face in Israel and in many places around the world, we must not be indifferent to the suffering of others.
Our Muslim cousins are suffering, and we must do what we can to relieve their pain.
Yes there are radical elements in the Muslim world. We see their terrorism, and we hear their barbaric rhetoric.
But they do not represent vast majority of Muslim in the world who want the same things we want for ourselves and our children and our grandchildren.
They want a world where people live in peace and harmony. They want a world where people have houses that protect them from the heat, the cold the wind and the rain. They want good food for their children and all children to eat.
Yes, they want all of those things, and yet Donald Trump, a Republican candidate for President of the United States plays upon the fears and prejudices that we Jews know all to well. He takes the wretched example of a few radicals and makes proclamations that discriminate against, persecute and impugn all Muslims around the world. His method is not new.
As Elie Wiesel taught, the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.
In the face of evil–and I believe in the face of the specific evil that Donald Trump represents–the Torah commands all people of good will, “You shall not remain indifferent.” (Deuteronomy 22:3)
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[h=1]What I Learn from Elie Wiesel about Donald Trump[/h]Posted on December 9, 2015 by slfuchs
Donald Trump never really attracted my attention until recent months. But I have paid close attention to Elie Wiesel for almost half a century.
It is 47 years since I first saw and heard Elie Wiesel in 1968. He was then a 40 year-old activist on behalf of Soviet Jewry.
I had just finished my undergraduate thesis on The Jews of the Soviet Union Since the End of World War II. Wiesel’s book, The Jews of Silence was a primary source of my research.
Fifteen years later in Baltimore, I gave the invocation at an event where I again heard Wiesel speak. I treasure the fact that he complimented me on my presentation, and he said something that evening that I have remembered ever since.
“It says in Pirke Avot (3:1) “Keep in mind three things: from whence you came, to where you are going, and before whom we must eventually render account. “And which of these,” Wiesel asked, “is the most important for us Jews? From whence we came! Every Jew should always know that he or she came from Sinai. And before we came from Sinai we came from slavery and oppression.”
From that day to this he has endeavored to teach that the most important lesson we learn from Sinai is that “We must not remain indifferent to the suffering of others. The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.”
Even in the face of danger Jews face in Israel and in many places around the world, we must not be indifferent to the suffering of others.
Our Muslim cousins are suffering, and we must do what we can to relieve their pain.
Yes there are radical elements in the Muslim world. We see their terrorism, and we hear their barbaric rhetoric.
But they do not represent vast majority of Muslim in the world who want the same things we want for ourselves and our children and our grandchildren.
They want a world where people live in peace and harmony. They want a world where people have houses that protect them from the heat, the cold the wind and the rain. They want good food for their children and all children to eat.
Yes, they want all of those things, and yet Donald Trump, a Republican candidate for President of the United States plays upon the fears and prejudices that we Jews know all to well. He takes the wretched example of a few radicals and makes proclamations that discriminate against, persecute and impugn all Muslims around the world. His method is not new.
- In the thirties Father Charles Coughlin took to the airwaves with a rabidly anti-Semitic message. Finally the Catholic Church officially silenced him.
- When I was a young boy Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist campaign ruined the lives of many an innocent person. Finally Congress censured him.
- Today Donald Trump; is fanning the flames of bigotry and hatred. It is time for people of good will to repudiate Donald Trump.
As Elie Wiesel taught, the opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.
In the face of evil–and I believe in the face of the specific evil that Donald Trump represents–the Torah commands all people of good will, “You shall not remain indifferent.” (Deuteronomy 22:3)
Donald Trump Deletes Tweet Depicting Star of David, Hillary Clinton
11:24 AM PDT 7/2/2016 by Natalie Stone
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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.
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Crooked Hillary -- Makes History! #ImWithYou #AmericaFirst
11:19 AM - 2 Jul 2016
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Interesting to see a major party nominee leverage the antisemitism meme so aggressively:
10:52 AM - 2 Jul 2016 · Manhattan, NY, United States
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Why is there a Star of David? https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/749235486389043200 …
9:53 AM - 2 Jul 2016
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-deletes-tweet-depicting-908179
11:24 AM PDT 7/2/2016 by 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.
View image on Twitter
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Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
Crooked Hillary -- Makes History! #ImWithYou #AmericaFirst
11:19 AM - 2 Jul 2016
See the original photo below.
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Prof. Jeff Brexit @ProfJeffJarvissInteresting to see a major party nominee leverage the antisemitism meme so aggressively:
10:52 AM - 2 Jul 2016 · Manhattan, NY, United States
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Josh Schwerin @JoshSchwerinWhy is there a Star of David? https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/749235486389043200 …
9:53 AM - 2 Jul 2016
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-deletes-tweet-depicting-908179
Donald Trump Tweets Blatantly Anti-Semitic Post About Hillary Clinton
NewsBreaking NewsDonald Trump Tweets Blatantly Anti-Semitic Post About Hillary Clinton
Forward StaffJuly 2, 2016
“Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” declared Donald Trump’s official Twitter feed early on Saturday morning, with a picture of Hillary Clinton, a heaped pile of money and a large red, six-pointed Star of David.
He later took it down (to replace the star with a circle) but made no apology for the offence he had caused. News sources touted the blatant anti-Semitism of the tweet.Esquire also noted its poor design quality, the Verge said that it was up for two hours before it was taken down and the New York Daily News noted a tweeted response from Michael Skolnick:
Classic @realDonaldTrump. First appease anti-Semitic white supremacists, then pretend it never happened.
Read more: http://forward.com/news/breaking-ne...nti-semitic-post-about-hillary/#ixzz4DKfjQa2W
Facebook?!?! ROTFLMAO!!!! And, the size of rallies is an indication who is gonna win, too, right(even when you inflate the size of said crowd by a teeny, weeny 200%)? Look at Rump's numbers with college educated men, women, blacks, minorities, to name just a few, and get back to me, Numbnuts...
Liberals sat Trump tone is "Too Harsh"
Trumps tone too harsh? EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Islamic State Beheads Men Accused of Mocking Islam, Serving ‘Infidels’
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/...tate-final-days-islams-holiest-month-ramadan/
Trumps tone too harsh? EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Islamic State Beheads Men Accused of Mocking Islam, Serving ‘Infidels’
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/...tate-final-days-islams-holiest-month-ramadan/
7,000 People Show Up For Trump Rally While Just 600 Go To See Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump managed an impressive turn out in Massachusetts while Hillary Clinton had a small amount of people in New Hampshire.
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