Donald Trump: That wasn't a Star of David, it was a sheriff's badge

[TomCADem]

Source: Dallas News

Donald Trump is using Twitter, the medium that landed him in hot water over the weekend, to defend his campaign's use of six-pointed star next to a photo of Hillary Clinton calling her "the most corrupt candidate ever!"

The Clinton campaign called the tweet "a blatantly anti-Semitic image" in a prepared statement released Monday.

Trump, in a tweet sent Monday, denied that the image featured a Star of David, saying it was a star in the shape of sheriff's badge.

"Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff's Star, or plain star!"

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20160704-donald-trump-that-wasn-t-a-star-of-david-it-was-a-sheriff-s-badge.ece

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Of course, since Donald Trump actually copied the image from a white supremacist, it turns out that Trump is not only a racist, but he is an unoriginal, plagiarizing racist.

[Night Watchman]

1. If it was a sheriff's badge,

then why was it red instead of gold or silver?

[scscholar]

6. Never seen a red Star of David...

plus a sheriff badge is even more offensive considering how those police treat us. Trump as usual digs the hole even deeper with his lies.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. And if it is a sheriff's badge...

Couldn't he be somehow implying that sheriffs are corrupt?

Trump is such a doofus.

[DrToast]

18. And why did he take it down?

[MADem]

21. And it would have BALLS on the end of the points!!

Trump is FoS--Full of Shit!

[PersonNumber503602]

39. I was gonna say, don't sheriff badges usually have little round bulbs on the tips...

[MADem]

43. Yes, indeed--people are calling them "nodes," or "drops" or even "teardrops"

along with your "bulbs" but I think "balls" does the trick, too!

[pandr32]

38. And what would be the point?

What would the peddled message be? She deserves to be Sheriff--not President?


Knowing Trump's white supremacist leanings, the Jewish tag on Hillary Clinton is a not-so-subtle slam, and the only thing that makes sense as to why it is in the ad.

[63splitwindow]

2. Now Don (Jack Benny voice), you know VERY WELL...

that those badges have some extra embellishments in almost all cases...



You better pick one of your other boot-licking supporter's explanations and go with it and fire the guy who came up with the Sheriff's badge bullshit.

[cstanleytech]

5. According to google it varies from police department anywhere from 5 to 7 stars so yes

its "possible" hes telling the truth, of course its also possible I will one day hit the lottery and go to disney land not likely of course but its "possible".

[63splitwindow]

9. Even if it was an innocent mistake...

what in the hell kind of "innocent mistakes" are we in store for on a daily basis in a Trump administration (God forbid) and what will the worldwide repercussions be? Possibly...

[rpannier]

17. And judging by how he has responded in the past

He was incredibly slow this time around
Which, to me, suggests he was working on some semi-plausible response
Because, in the past, he has responded within hours

[Sunlei]

31. No 'mistake'. *Someone* (trump?) used EXACT same graphic on a Hate-website 5 days before.

When will some media ask if that anonymous graphic poster on the hate website is Republicans trump? Has to be someone very close to him or the Republican front-man himself.

[mucifer]

3. So the white supremacist web site he got it from believes that .

[DesertRat]

4. Wrong, Conman Don

Sheriff's badges clearly have globes on the points.

[Jitter65]

7. Sheriff's badges have those little nodes on the tips of the star. nt

[katsy]

8. Sheriffs badges have circles

at the end of each point. All of them have this.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

11. Hello folks the Donald here

It's all about free publicity folks, feeding the media. Feeding the media is a lot like feeding the pigeons,those pigeons eat most anything you throw out there.

Actually when I look out into those crowds that come to see my show, I really have to have a good inner laugh because they look like pigeons to me in the moment. And so I say to myself, It's Feeding Time . I open my show with my famous line, we're going to build a wall, they eat it all up,I give it the big thumbs up and show is on a roll !

Stay tuned folks great entertainment ahead.



Preview:

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/donald_trump_meets_with_possible_vp_picks_in_nj.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

RENTON — Donald Trump has apparently spent part of his July 4th weekend meeting with possible running mates at one of the private golf courses he owns in New Jersey.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, met with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster on Saturday.

The billionaire businessman and former Atlantic City casino magnate was expected to meet with U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa at the club Monday


Both Pence and Ernst are among a handful of Republicans Trump is reportedly considering to be his pick for vice president as he prepares to face presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November's general election.

How likely is Christie to be Trump's running mate?

The Washington Post releases its latest rankings of potential Republican vice-presidential nominees.


New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich are also top choices, according to recent reports.

The New York Times reported Monday that Christie, Ernst, Gingrich, and Pence are all being vetted for the job.

Trump fueled further speculation about the search Monday by tweeting about his meetings with Pence and Ernst, while also praising U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, another person reportedly on the possible V.P. list.

[63splitwindow]

13. Thanks. Regarding the eagle...

[Midnight Writer]

15. Nothing to worry about, folks. That eagle is now stuffed.

[hedda_foil]

20. Join Ernst? Vice President Joni Ernst???????

The woman is a complete idiot.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

23. The Donald Here ,yes Joni !

Y

Yes, yes of course,actually I have a short list right here in front of me on the entertainment ahead, look at this cast listing,

Everybody's favorite nobody and Americas mayor of 911
Rudy Giuliani

The guy they booted and bagged
Newt Gingrich

My bridge gate buddy
Chris Christie

Ted Cruz

Little Marco

And a special guest appearance via video cam
Vladimir Putin

and there's more :


Great entertainment ahead folks, stay tuned !

This is going to be a really really big show folks !

[maddiemom]

32. Plus Donald obviously never had to use bread wrappers with his boots...

so a well-balanced ticket.

[ailsagirl]

12. Oh, sure

LIAR!! We're not STUPID as your clueless followers are, dumdum.

Nor were we born yesterday.



PS "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth." Aesop

[Behind the Aegis]

14. And yesterday, I sat in the driveway of my house...

...I enjoyed being a car, but, boy, am I exhausted.

[63splitwindow]

16. You'll be OK in the morning...

but why do we park on the driveway and drive on the parkway...

[Feeling the Bern]

19. I put spot remover on my dog and now he's gone.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. The new sheriff is a....

Jew?

[inanna]

24. Trump: Charges of Anti-Semitism Over Tweet Are 'Ridiculous'

WASHINGTON — Jul 5, 2016, 4:32 AM ET

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton's campaign is "ridiculous" to portray an anti-Clinton tweet that appeared to depict the Star of David atop a pile of cash as anti-Semitic.

In a statement issued by his Republican presidential campaign Monday evening, Trump suggested Clinton and her allies were using the matter to distract from her own recent campaign troubles.

<snip>

The now-deleted @FishBoneHead1 account that appears to have first posted the image featured a series of anti-Clinton memes as well as other provocative and offensive images. The image had also appeared on a white supremacist message board filled with anti-Semitic messages.

<snip>

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said Trump's attempt to dismiss the concerns of people who have taken issue with the post "falls somewhere between absurd and offensive."

Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-charges-anti-semitism-tweet-ridiculous-40342351

[cheyanne]

33. It doesn't matter what the retweet said: it was from white supremists.

Any retweeting of their tweets is encouraging them. His campaign should be vetting where the tweet is coming from. It doesn't matter if the tweet is apple pie and motherhood. Just by retweeting he is affirming approval of their ideals.

[C_U_L8R]

25. Oh I suppose that wasn't a neo-nazi either

that you copied the graphic from
before you retweeted it to the world,
was it Donny?

[BlueMTexpat]

26. The overwhelming majority of sheriffs' badges have

globes (orbs?) on the pointy ends. Some even have five stars.



ALL sheriffs' badges actually say "Sheriff" on them, whatever else they may look like.



I particularly like this one above from my birth state. I would like to hope that this episode ultimately turns out to be Trump's Last Stand and that the result in November will be a Democratic sweep.

That is why I am working as hard as I can to get Hillary elected!

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Makes me wonder how such a 'brilliant' man could choose

such completely incompetent advisors.

[Funtatlaguy]

28. Trumps nomination is an insult

To what is left of the intelligence of the American people.
Each day I keep thinking that there is no way he is the repug nominee.

[MADem]

44. Naaah--it's proof that the GOP are a bunch of bitter assholes.

I do take your point, though--the "How can they beeeee that STOOOOOOPID?" question naturally arises!!!

Those dozen idiots on the debate stage with Trump HATED each other so much, were so damned CONVINCED that each one of them was "The One," that they couldn't suspend their hatred for even a moment and pile on Trump as a team and boot his ass out of their Grand Old Poop club. They should have done that EARLY on, not waited for the electorate to "come to their senses." Who of registered Republicans, really, has good sense?

Each one put THEMSELVES ahead of their political (cough) principles (cough) and figured that THEY would be "The Default" because Republicans have always put up with imperfect candidates in the past and they have rigidly, determinedly, enforced that good old "message discipline." They never thought, for a minute, that an "outsider" would make it that far.

Thing is, ever since Hastert left, and Crying Boehner got so stressed out having to be The Duty Asshole to the point that he quit, that "message discipline" has gotten harder to enforce with those guys. They're starting to fracture, and good thing.

Good news for us, though!

[Sunlei]

29. Republicans let their frontrunner target ethnic groups using Twitter. Rs allow hate speeches

against Mexicans and some Religions. By condoning this hate, IMO Republican party is a hate group.

con·done


/kənˈdōn/


verb

verb: condone; 3rd person present: condones; past tense: condoned; past participle: condoned; gerund or present participle: condoning




accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive) to continue.
"the college cannot condone any behavior that involves illicit drugs"


synonyms: disregard, accept, allow, let pass, turn a blind eye to, overlook, forget; More
forgive, pardon, excuse, let go


"we cannot condone such dreadful behavior"



antonyms: condemn



•approve or sanction (something), especially with reluctance.
"the practice is not officially condoned by any airline"

[greymattermom]

30. So the message of this tweet is now

that law enforcement is corrupt? Is that what he really wants to say?

[sangfroid]

34. In other news...

Dipshit Donald Trump is a gigantic idiot.

[ginnyinWI]

35. Trump is the symptom of a political system that has gone insane.

From the Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/how-american-politics-went-insane/485570/

[marybourg]

36. Excellent article.

Thanx for linking to it

[rocktivity]

37. Acutally, Trump was accusing her of being a Gangster Disciple

rocktivity

[JunkYardDogg]

40. So, Mein Trumpf,

Why didn't you just print "Jude" in the center of the Star of David ?
Fuck being so subtle

[wordpix]

41. MSNBC reported the star was taken froma #Crooked Hillary tweet

that Drumpf appropriated.

Since the Trump campaign is following that twitter feed, we should feed it some good stuff. Let's hear it from the comic writers out there.

[JunkYardDogg]

42. Mein Trumpf's Star of David :

[link:|

[dbackjon]

45. German Sheriffs on Patrol during Hitler's Reign