Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan offers a tepid condemnation of Donald Trump’s use of a Star of David in a tweet claiming corruption by his rival Hillary Clinton, saying that such images do not belong in the race for the White House.
“Anti-Semitic images have no place in the presidential campaign, candidates should know that,” Ryan tells “Midday with Charlie Sykes” show on Milwaukee’s WTMU radio.
“One of the few times I spoke out against him … was when he failed to disavow white supremacists,” Ryan points out, before adding “I think he’s got to clean this thing up.”
In this photo taken April 13, 2016, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
The speaker says, however, that he understands the post was tweeted by a member of Trump’s staff and not by the candidate himself.
Trump last week tweeted the image of Clinton surrounded by $100 bills with the words “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever!” on a six-pointed star, a common Jewish and Israeli symbol. The ad drew immediate condemnation from social media users, with some questioning Trump’s motive for using a six-pointed star in a campaign ad slamming his opponent’s finances.
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