Donald Trump deletes Star of David tweet after criticism

Credit: David Zalubowski

Credit: David Zalubowski

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is facing backlash over a deleted tweet that critics called anti-Semitic.

Attached to the tweet was a graphic picturing presumtive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over a picture of money. The shape of a Star of David with the words: "Most corrupt candidate ever."

Critics quickly slammed Trump, calling the message anti-Semitic because of its use of the star, which is generally associated with Judaism, in context.

Trump later tweeted out a new version of the graphic, with the star replaced by a circle.

According to CNN, the graphic with the Star of David shape on it appeared 10 days earlier on "an Internet message board loaded with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi ideology."

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