Donald Trump on Saturday deleted a tweet critical of Hillary Clinton after he came under fire for evoking anti-Semitic stereotypes with dollar bills and the jewish symbol star of david, a six-pointed star.
Trump deletes tweet which also contained the words “most corrupt candidate ever, ” after complaints of anti-Semitic imagery.
Abe Foxman, the director emeritus of the Anti-Defamation League, called the tweet “insensitive” but said he was reassured by the campaign’s decision to delete the tweet within a few hours.
Will you offer us a hand? Every gift, regardless of size, fuels our future.
Your critical contribution enables us to maintain our independence from shareholders or wealthy owners, allowing us to keep up reporting without bias. It means we can continue to make Jewish Business News available to everyone.
You can support us for as little as $1 via PayPal at [email protected].
Thank you.
“They realized it was edgy and could be abused. I’m not sure the intentions were there but there was certainly a lack of sensitivity, ” Foxman said according to CNN.
He added that there is larger concern in the Jewish community about Trump’s reluctance to condemn anti-Semitism and bigotry by some of his supporters.
“I think it’s incumbent on someone who wants to run this country to take the time out and distance and condemn it, ” Foxman said
Trump’s daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism before her marriage to businessman Jared Kushner — and Trump has now three Jewish grandchildren.
However, Trump initially refused to disavow the support of David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard who continues to promulgate Jewish conspiracy theories, when pressed repeatedly about Duke’s support in an interview by CNN’s Jake Tapper.
