“‘You shouldn’t have taken it down, ‘” he said as if he was speaking to his team.
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“So I said bad guy, really bad guy, but he was good at one thing: Killing terrorists”. He wanted to emphasize on the dishonesty of the media in reporting his anti-Semitic post. “Candidates should know that”, House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week in a radio interview, calling on Trump to “clean up” his social media operation.
Yes, the point he’s trying to make is clear: you can use the symbol in a neutral way that doesn’t represent the Star of David.
Trump, who had insisted the star had no underlying meaning, appeared to double down on the original use of the star Wednesday night by tweeting an image of a Disney “Frozen” sticker book with a similar six-pointed star on the cover.
Clinton’s remarks were part of a growing effort by her campaign to tear down Trump’s business reputation, which Democrats believe is overhyped and based more on his ability to attract publicity than actual private sector skills.
But the importance of this controversy is not to label Trump as personally anti-Semitic – he has strong ties to the Jewish faith, namely his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Among Democrats, reaction to Trump’s speech ran from delight to contempt. David Plouffe, a former senior adviser to President Obama, linked to a video of the event, saying, “Must watch and share”.
The letter by Dana Schwartz garnered worldwide attention, forcing Kushner to deny the charges in a Wednesday press statement that called Trump an “incredibly loving and tolerant person who has embraced my family and our Judaism since I began dating my wife”.
The Star of David, featured on the Israeli flag, was used by the Nazis to identify Jews. Republicans fear that the unfiltered rhetoric that helped Trump win the GOP primary will alienate important demographic groups during the general election, including independents and women.
Here’s a few more Frozen burn from us.
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“Zip it Don & get ur head outta ur ass”, the 35-year-old actress, who voices Anna in the Oscar-winning animated film, wrote in a chilly tweet on Thursday, July 7.
