--- title: Hillary Clinton Aide Slams Donald Trump 'Anti-Semitic' Tweet description: A Hillary Clinton campaign aide slammed Donald Trump for tweeting an image that critics say featured a Star of David shape canonical: https://time.com/4392696/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-anti-semitic-tweet/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-04T18:19:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:02:05.867Z article:section: Politics og:title: Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump for 'Blatantly Anti-Semitic' Tweet og:description: "Trump should be condemning hate" og:url: https://time.com/4392696/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-anti-semitic-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump for 'Blatantly Anti-Semitic' Tweet twitter:description: "Trump should be condemning hate" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hillary Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump for 'Blatantly Anti-Semitic' Tweet  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 4, 2016 6:19 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 4, 2016 6:19 PM UTC A [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4392196/hillary-clinton-fbi-email-investigation-interview/) campaign aide slammed [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4392409/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-feminist/) for tweeting an image that critics say featured a Star of David shape. Hillary for America’s Director of Jewish Outreach Sarah Bard — who references reports that the now-deleted image criticizing Clinton as corrupt [was previously posted on a message board](http://time.com/4392387/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-8chan-pol/?xid=homepage) associated with the white supremacist movement — condemned the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for his use of a “blatantly anti-Semitic” picture. “Donald Trump’s use of a blatantly anti-Semitic image from racist websites to promote his campaign would be disturbing enough, but the fact that it’s a part of a pattern should give voters major cause for concern,” she wrote. “Now, not only won’t he apologize for it, he’s peddling lies and blaming others. Trump should be condemning hate, not offering more campaign behavior and rhetoric that engages extremists. The president should be someone who brings Americans together, not someone who sends signals and offers policies of division.” > [](https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/750007892955258882) The Trump campaign quickly took down the original tweet and replaced the image with one where the star was covered with a circle. Trump [responded to backlash](http://time.com/4392650/donald-trump-star-of-david-tweet-response/?xid=IFT-Trending) over the tweet Monday morning, blaming “dishonest media” for calling the six-pointed star a Star of David rather than a “Sheriff’s Star” or “plain star.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/749961528422625281) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4392696/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-anti-semitic-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4392696/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-anti-semitic-tweet/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump for 'Blatantly Anti-Semitic' Tweet","datePublished":"2016-07-04T18:19:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:02:05.867Z","description":"\"Trump should be condemning hate\"","url":"https://time.com/4392696/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-anti-semitic-tweet/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","2016 presidential election","Donald Trump","2016 presidential race"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4392696/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-anti-semitic-tweet/","name":"Hillary Clinton Campaign Slams Donald Trump for 'Blatantly Anti-Semitic' Tweet"}}]}] ```