New York – A conservative filmmaker pardoned by President Donald Trump retweeted a Twitter post with the hashtag #burnthejews.
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Dinesh D’Souza, who currently is promoting a new film which compares Trump to Abraham Lincoln, on Saturday retweeted a post that praised his movie and included a link to the trailer, which ended with the hashtag #burnthejews.
While the post has been removed, at least one Twitter user took a screenshot of the tweet and circulated it.
D’Souza later tweeted: “I did not see the hashtag. Just trying to share the trailer on social media.” D’Souza later retweeted a second tweet that included a link to his movie, this one with the hashtag #bringbackslavery.
Twitter users made fun of D’Souza’s semi-apology. One wrote: “Don’t worry, Dinesh. Everyone accidentally tweets #burnthejews from their abhorrently racist fans. Could happen to anyone. I’m sure it says nothing about who you attract with your messaging.”
Trump pardoned D’Souza, who served as an advisor in the Reagan administration, in May for a 2014 conviction of a campaign violation, after he admitted to illegally reimbursing two “straw donors” for $10,000 each to a New York Senate campaign in 2012. He was sentenced to five years’ probation, eight months in a halfway house and a $30,000 fine.
Lincoln = TRump???
Honest Abe = Don the Con???
That lie was very expensive for his pardon.
Another piece of traife in Trumpf’s swampf. What’s the excuse this time for ‘burnthejews’? Really meant to tweet ‘burnthemexicans’ or ‘separatethefamilies’? How much suffering due to Donnie Dunce?
Dinesh D’Souza is not of sound mind and should be forgiven for his anti Semitic tweet. Anyone who compares Lincoln with Trump is absolutely insane.
Well, Lincoln and Trump are alike in one regard. Both won the Presidency via the Electoral College without winning a majority of the popular vote. Lincoln actually got 39% of the popular vote.