Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, at his Turnberry golf course, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain June 24, 2016.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, at his Turnberry golf course, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain June 24, 2016.

Donald Trump tweeted—then deleted—an image Saturday morning that accused Hillary Clinton of being the “most corrupt candidate ever” by showing her face over a pile of money and next to the Star of David.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee wrote “Crooked Hillary—Makes History!” above the image.

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.@realDonaldTrump deletes tweet w/Star of David calling clinton ‘Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!’

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Beneath the image were part of the results from a Fox News poll on June 29 that reported 58 percent of respondents described Clinton as corrupt.

The image immediately ignited a firestorm of angry responses.

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Stirling McLaughlin @stirling79

Note that Trump is using a Star of David to brand Clinton as corrupt. That’s not a dog whistle. That’s a megaphone.

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Parker Molloy

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“Hey, how can we reduce these comparisons to Nazis?”
“Literally label Clinton with a 6-pointed star?”
“works for me”

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Matthew Gertz @MattGertz

Really excited for Trump to try to deflate the Star of David tweet by asking “Where’s my Jew” at his next rally #pivot

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A short time later, Trump resent the tweet with the Star of David modified to a circle.

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Donald J. Trump

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Crooked Hillary — Makes History! #ImWithYou #AmericaFirst

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Michael Skolnik

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Classic @realDonaldTrump. First appease anti-Semitic white supremacists, then pretend it never happened #StarOfDavid