I can’t believe I actually have to type the following words: Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump tweeted an image stolen from Reddit of the cover of a “Frozen” cartoon book in order to defend himself against accusations that he flirted with white supremacist supporters with an anti-Semitic meme against Hillary.
Yeah, that happened.
Where is the outrage for this Disney book? Is this the 'Star of David' also?
Dishonest media! #Frozen pic.twitter.com/4LJBpSm8xa— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 7, 2016
So, of course, Hillary got her best 50 social media experts to come back with the most witty riposte:
Do you want to build a strawman? https://t.co/AoeNTJOGpo
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 7, 2016
Ugh. This cycle is seriously making me ashamed of being an American.
Anyway, it looks like el Trumpo stole the image from a user on Reddit making the same point:
Ironically, this actually bolsters the case against him, since the original image of the “Star of David” meme seemed to also come from a white supremacist on Reddit. Soooo… yeah.
He just won’t let this stupid story go, either because there’s some truth to it, or he’s just insanely thin-skinned.
Here he is defending the meme earlier tonight at a rally: