\r\n\tUS Republican presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump on Saturday deleted a tweet critical of his rival, Hillary Clinton after he came under fire for what was called ‘anti-Semitic stereotypes’ with a graphic that included dollar bills and a six-pointed star that resembled ‘Star of David’.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tBefore deleting the original tweet, which also contained the words "most corrupt candidate ever," Trump tweeted the same graphic with a tweak: a circle instead of a six-pointed star, which evokes the Jewish Star of David.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tFormer Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski dismissed the controversy in an interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar on "State of the Union" Sunday.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t"A tweet is a simple tweet, and the bottom line is you can read into things that are not there. You know, this is a simple star," Lewandowski said, according to CNN.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tHe said it's "the same star that sheriff's departments all over the place" use for their badges.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t"To read into something that isn't there is -- you know what, again, I think that's the mainstream media trying to attack Donald Trump for something that isn't there," he said.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tLewandowski added that criticism of the star is "political correctness run amok."<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tBut the backlash on Twitter was immediate.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\t"A Star of David, a pile of cash, and suggestions of corruption. Donald Trump again plays to the white supremacists," said Erick Erickson, a leading anti-Trump conservative.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tErickson quickly added, "For all the people saying 'It's not a Star of David,' why then did Trump tweet it again after replacing it with a circle?"<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-07-03 20:00:42","content_date_finish":"2016-07-03 20:00:42","content_date_register":"2016-07-03 20:00:42","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"127378","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1885187130","attach_date_register":"2016-07-03 20:00:45","attach_id":"135245","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"600","attach_img_height":"418","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"198","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 19:29:39","attach_title":"Trump under fire for controversial Star of David tweet","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]